OneWorld Carrier American Airlines and Porter Canada have applied for permission to launch a codeshare agreement that allows airlines to return and travel benefits on cross-border flights.
In a July 25 submission with the US Department of Transportation (DOT), the airline explains its plans to establish mutual codeshares for flights between Canada and the US.
The DOT application outlines codeshare flights across Canada and popular holiday destinations in the US, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean.
“Flights extend the range of US and Porter services to travel and shipping mutual benefits between the US and Canada, through halfway points, and across national gateways and internal points,” the application reads.
Porter has been in cross-border business for years, flying Havilland Canada's Dash 8-400 Turboprop from its home base in eastern Canada to cities in the northeastern United States.
More recently, the airline has embarked on an expansion across North America, including flights to the US West Coast, using the rapidly growing Embraer 195-E2 twin jets. A new route to Mexico and the Caribbean in the work.
Americans have already partnered with over 20 global airlines through codeshare agreements.
Porter is not a member of the global airline alliance, but this latest move can be interpreted as working closer together with OneWorld. The Toronto-based company has recently established an intervention agreement with a joint venture with fellow Canadian airline Air Transat and OneWorld carrier Alaska Airlines.
Earlier this year, Porter deepened its commercial relationship with Alaska and Transat by expanding its loyalty program to apply for flights for both of these airlines.
