Virgin Blue to end codeshare partnership with United

[Gerald A]

Australia's Virgin Blue plans to discontinue its codeshare with United Airlines as it prepares to implement a more comprehensive partnership with Delta Air Lines.

Virgin Blue has been carrying United's code on domestic routes within Australia since 2002. But outgoing Virgin Blue CEO Brett Godfrey says this codeshare will end later this year and the low-cost carrier's partnership "is being reduced to an interline partnership".

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...th-united.html

[Michael Morrison]

I dont think all that many pax actually ustilise the UA codeshares as they are ridiculously more expensive than booking the flight seperately.