KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and American Airlines, both members of the oneworld alliance, have enhanced their current codeshare agreement by adding 260 domestic connecting flights to and from Los Angeles (LAX) and New York (JFK).
MAS Group chief executive officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said MAS is pleased to offer its guests more connections across the USA through their codeshare partner American Airlines.
"Travel seamlessly on our 'MH' code flights on a number of domestic services operated by American Airlines between Los Angeles and New York to major cities like Austin, Dallas, Washington, Orlando, Miami, Chicago, St Louis and more," he said in a statement today.
MAS initially signed a codeshare agreement with American Airlines in March 2013, codesharing to five cities in the USA. This grew to 16 cities with close to 200 flights per week, and from Auguest 1, 2014, 11 more cities will be added via Los Angeles and New York which will eventually add another 260 domestic flights.
In addition, MAS will codeshare on American Airlines services to Dallas from Hong Kong and Seoul from July 11 and July 24, respectively.
Customers of MAS can fly on American Airlines’ trans-Pacific services via Tokyo, Incheon and Hong Kong to Los Angeles, Dallas and Chicago, before proceeding to other cities in the USA.
"For MAS passengers flying trans-Atlantic, connections on American Airlines from London, Paris and Frankfurt will connect to New York, Dallas, Miami, Chicago and Raleigh Durham, and more domestic destinations from there," the statement added.-- Bernama