Thai Airways and Singapore Airlines have joined forces to form a new strategic airline partnership.
The pair will phase in codesharing more extensively on each other’s services, Travel Mole reports.
The two carriers will also collaborate on commercial activities.
Thai and SIA will initially codeshare on flight services between Singapore and Bangkok.
Thai will also codeshare on SIA’s flight services to Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa as well as codesharing on North America flights including Houston, Los Angeles, New York and Newark.
The airline partnership will explore additional codeshare arrangements.
Goh Choon Phong, CEO, Singapore Airlines said: “This is a win-win opportunity to support the growth of our respective hubs.
"Both airlines have a loyal customer base, as well as extensive operations within south-east Asia and around the world."
Thai Airways acting CEO Suvadhana Sibunruang said "the codeshare arrangements will greatly benefit our customers in a range of service areas including [loyalty programs], customer experiences, lounge access and airport ground services.”
The agreement includes “wide-ranging commercial co-operation” the airlines said in a joint statement.
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