JAL and British Airways Expand Codeshare Arrangements on Tokyo=London Routes and Begin Sales of Joint Fares

TOKYO, 2012-09-04 — /travelprnews.com/ — Japan Airlines (JAL) and British Airways (BA) today announced the start of codeshare arrangements on the routes between Tokyo and London (Heathrow), as well as the sales of joint fares on applicable routes from October 1, 2012.

Codeshare
At present, the airlines are codesharing on a total of 23 routes connecting London with 23 other European cities, and on 8 routes between Tokyo (Narita) and 7 destinations domestically and internationally.In addition to this, both members of theoneworld alliance will begin to market each other’s services between Tokyo and London (Heathrow). JAL and BA will place their respective flight indicators on the daily service they each operate between London and Tokyo’s Narita airport, as well as on BA’s five weekly flights to/from Tokyo’s downtown gateway at Haneda, jointly offering customers 19 weekly flights between the two cities.

Flight schedules of new codeshare flights

Flight	Route	Dep. Time	Arr. Time	Days of Op.	Op. Airline
JL401/ BA4601	Narita – London, Heathrow	11:45	16:20	Daily	JL
BA006/ JL7081	Narita – London, Heathrow	10:55	15:10	Daily	BA
BA008/JL7083	Haneda – London, Heathrow	06:25	10:35	Mo, Tu, Fr, Sa, Su	BA
JL402/ BA4602	London, Heathrow – Narita	19:15	15:00	Daily	JL
BA005/ JL7080	London, Heathrow – Narita	13:30	09:05	Daily	BA
BA007/ JL7082	London, Heathrow – Haneda	08:55	04:45	Mo, Th, Fr*, Sa, Su	BA

All timings shown are local.*departs 10 minutes earlier

Joint Fares
In conjunction with the commencement of the Tokyo=London codeshare flights, JAL and BA will also begin selling aligned fares applicable for JAL and BA-operated flights on these routes, originating from either city. With these fares that will be available from both airlines, customers can also choose to use a combination of JAL and BA in a single round-trip itinerary, significantly expanding their flight options.

Example of aligned fares for round-trip Tokyo=London flights originating from Tokyo

Class of Travel	Fare Name	Fare Range
First Class	First Class Normal Fare	JPY 2,447,900 ～JPY 2,507,900
Business Class	Business Class Normal Fare	JPY 1,110,000 ～JPY 1,170,000
	Business Saver 14	JPY 520,000 ～JPY 720,000
	Business Saver 7 – Weekend Stay	JPY 338,000 ～JPY 538,000
Economy Class	Economy Class Normal Fare	JPY 760,000 ～JPY 820,000
	Economy Saver Premium	JPY 390,000 ～JPY 430,000
	Economy Saver	JPY 360,000 ～JPY 400,000
	Dynamic Saver 7 Premium	JPY 174,000 ～JPY 261,000
	Dynamic Saver 7 Type – A to F	JPY 49,000 ～JPY 231,000

Fares do not include applicable taxes and fuel surcharges.

Customers now have the option of flying JAL one-way and BA the other, creating an itinerary that suits their needs, at fares never before available for such a combination. Historically, customers would have to buy the highest tier (Normal Fares) for an itinerary involving one-way sectors on both airlines, but from October 1, this would be possible with all aligned fares.

Reservations and ticket issuance for the new codeshare flights, as well as sales of aligned fares will begin from tomorrow, September 5, for departures from October 1, 2012.

Special Campaign Fare from Tokyo to Europe

Furthermore, to celebrate their growing partnership, JAL and BA will be offering a special campaign fare for travel from Japan to Europe for a promotional period.

Campaign Name	Example route	Campaign Fare
JAL Fare Name: [JAL/BA Economy Special Europe Fare]	Tokyo – London – Tokyo	JPY 49,000
BA Fare Name: [BA/JAL Europe Saver Special Fare]

Period of Purchase: September 5 ~ September 30, 2012

Period of Travel: Outbound from Japan valid from November 1, 2012 ~ February 28, 2013.

* Fares to other European cities (nonstop or with transfers required) are available under this campaign within the price range of JPY49,000 to JPY 89,000.

* Add JPY10,000 for departures originating from any other Japan domestic point.

* Campaign fares do not include applicable taxes and fuel surcharges

* Subject to seat availability and applicable on select JAL and BA-operated flights.

* Terms and conditions apply

 

For reservations, please visit JAL at http://www.jal.co.jp/inter/, or British Airways at http://ba.com/japan.

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