China Eastern Airlines (MU, Shanghai Hongqiao) has signed an enhanced business agreement with Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) wherein the two carriers have pledged to deepen their existing cooperation.
China Eastern Airlines and Qantas are existing partners having entered into a joint venture in 2015. They currently codeshare on each other's flights; Qantas on China Eastern's domestic services out of Shanghai Pudong as well as to Brisbane International, Melbourne Tullamarine, Singapore Changi, and Sydney Kingsford Smith. For its part, China Eastern codeshares on Qantas-operated flights from Melbourne and Sydney to both domestic Australian destinations as well as to Auckland International, Beijing Capital, Christchurch, Shanghai, Singapore, and Wellington.
According to the terms of the updated agreement signed on August 9, the two parties will boost cooperation in various fields such as capacity deployment, joint marketing, frequent flyer programme development, and IT. In addition, they will also endeavour to standardize the quality of services available to passengers across either carrier.
The updated agreement is subject to government approval.
