On 21st July Aer Lingus made a formal application to the US Department of Transportation (DoT) to request a statement of authorization to the extent necessary to enable it to display the B6* designator code of its existing codeshare partner, JetBlue Airways Corporation (JetBlue).
Aer Lingus Limited specifically requested authority to display the JetBlue B6* designator code on flights operated by Aer Lingus Limited from any point or points behind any Member State of the European Union via any point or points in any Member State, and via intermediate points to any point or points in the United States and beyond.
Aer Lingus Limited also requested authority to display the JetBlue B6* designator code on flights operated by Aer Lingus Limited between any point or points in the United States and any point or points in any member of the European Common Aviation Area.
Aer Lingus and JetBlue Airways relationship has grown over the last 13 years since launched in April 2008 with their industry-first strategic partnership enabled passengers to book a single low fare reservation between Ireland and more than 40 continental U.S. destinations, connecting through JetBlue’s home base at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
In February 2013 the relationship was further expanded to include a code-share agreement at Jetblue Airways bases in Boston and New York JFK and Aer Lingus moved operations at New York JFK to Jetblue’s Terminal 5.
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