codeshare

An agreement whereby an airline buys space on another airline and markets the extra space as its own. Often used to increase a route network without the costs of running a full service.

Noun

  1. An agreement whereby an airline buys space on another airline and markets the extra space as its own. Often used to increase a route network without the costs of running a full service.

Origin

From code + share, because of the change in the flight's two-letter airline identity code. One aircraft will have two or more codes and flight numbers.

Forms

codeshares

Verb

  1. To buy space on (a flight) in this way.

Forms

codeshares codesharing codeshared