You can check off one more oneworld airline that has partnered with Porter Airlines. Canada’s third largest airline has launched a new codeshare partnership with American Airlines that will see Porter flight numbers being added to select American flights and vice-versa for AA having their flight numbers added to select Porter routes.
Porter Airlines codeshares on American:
Porter Airlines codes are available for sale immediately on AA flights to/from
- Charlotte (CLT)
- Chicago O’Hare (ORD)
- Dallas Fort Worth (DFW)
- Philadelphia (PHL)
Porter Airlines codes will be available for sale in the coming weeks to/from
- Honolulu (HNL)
- Nashville (BNA)
- New Orleans (MSY)
- Portland (PDX)
- Sacramento (SMF)
- Salt Lake City (SLC)
- San Jose (SJC)
“Porter’s code will also be placed on American’s southern network, extending access to destinations in the Caribbean, Central America and South America, and providing more options for both leisure and business travel.”
American Airlines codeshares on Porter
American Airlines codes are available for sale immediately on Porter flights to/from
- Edmonton (YEG)
- Halifax (YHZ)
- Ottawa (YOW)
- Victoria (YYJ)
- Winnipeg (YWG)
American Airlines codes will be available for sale in the coming weeks to
- Calgary (YYC)
- Charlottetown (YYG)
- Kelowna (YLW)
- St. John’s (YYT)
- Saskatoon (YXE)
- Vancouver (YVR)
Frequent Flyer Program Partnership
The codesharing is the first to a potential future frequent flyer partnership between the airlines as AA did state in their press release:
“American and Porter will continue to evaluate opportunities to expand this relationship further through expanded codeshare destinations and loyalty benefits.”
For the time being AAdvantage® members will be able to earn AAdvantage® miles for travel on Porter Airlines flights marketed under the American Airlines code. There is no reciprocal earning at this point for the VIPorter program on AA flights with a Porter Airlines code.
Wrapping it up
Porter Airlines has made a logical move by creating a codeshare partnership with American Airlines as they already have existing partnerships with other oneworld Alliance airlines. The biggest being Alaska Airlines of course and now we have this codeshare partnership with AA along with interline agreements with British Airways, Japan Airlines, Qatar Airways and others. With WestJet having major ties to primarily SkyTeam Airlines and Air Canada, well AC is a founding member of Star Alliance so that needs no description, it does really make sense that Porter Airlines is aligning themselves with airlines in the oneworld alliance.
Title image via American Airlines
