Vistara signs codeshare pact with US-based United Airlines

Full-service carrier on Vistara on Tuesday announced a codeshare partnership with US-based United Airlines. Under this agreement, United will add 20 Vistara operated flights per day to different destinations on its network. A codeshare pact allows the airlines to book seats for its passengers on each other’s flight.

Indian carrier have been looking to enter into codeshare partnership with overseas carriers in order to expand their domestic and international reach. Recently budget carrier SpiceJet signed a codeshare pact with Emirates allowing passengers to take advantage of each other’s network. Market leader IndiGo had signed its first codeshare partnership with Turkish Airlines in December last year.