Airlines reach deal

 THREE airlines have signed code-share agreements to develop and promote partnership in aviation services which will benefit their countries.

Chief executive officers of Air Niugini, Air Vanuatu and Solomon Airlines signed the agreements. 

Air Niugini now has the right to operate on the POM-Honiara, Honiara-Vanuatu, Vanuatu-Honiara and Honiara-POM routes.

The other two airlines are the marketing carriers. 

The codeshare agreements are effective immediately.

Air Niugini’s Fokker-70 aircraft will be operating these routes with a certain number of seats on the aircraft being blocked off by Air Vanuatu and Solomon Airlines.

Air Vanuatu is the marketing carrier on the Vanuatu-POM and Vanuatu-Honiara routes.

Solomon Airlines is responsible for marketing on the Honiara-Vanuatu and Honiara-POM routes. The three Melanesian countries’ airlines entered into an initial tri-partite code share arrangement early this year where they agreed to assist and promote better understanding, partnership and generally promote the ideals of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.