U.S. Domestic market codesharing and the U.S. foreign airline alliances
Commuters travelling from a city in the USA cannot take a direct flight to London. For one to book a flight, he/she can go to American Airlines Website, order a trip with an American Airline, take a flight some few hours later on a British Airways aeroplane, and stop in London. This seems complicated, on the contrary, with cooperation, code sharing and associations, all the travelling experience has been simplified and made accessible for the customer. I, therefore, suggest U.S. Domestic market codesharing and the U.S. foreign airline alliances are considered one and the equivalent.
U.S domestic market code sharing enables one corporation to operate other corporations’ flights under the first name. An example of this is when an aeroplane flies from Washington DC to Chicago is controlled by Envoy Airplanes but traded as American Airlines corporation, Therefore Envoy Airplanes which categorize as an American Airplane Corporation. This will facilitate American Airplane to share codes with Envoy Airplanes and get tickets as American Airlines. Likewise, a regional airline can run a small aircraft in a smaller airstrip from smaller city to a big city abroad. Sharing codes, therefore, facilitates an easy way of getting passengers to their desired destinations while still travelling under an American name.
Once customers are in their desired destinations, they should board different planes; for instance, American Airlines and British Airways operate as one big alliance. Alliances enable several airlines to serve under the same name such a code sharing. Moreover, alliances organize programs of several airlines and therefore facilitating smooth operation.
In conclusion, sharing codes and alliances in the aviation sector can be looked at the same. It simplifies flights for commuters and acts as a source of revenue to airlines. It gives an airline to be in charge of few planes as well as allowing other planes to operate in their own under the original name. This, therefore, minimizes costs for a single airline and enables it to create more revenue for other corporations. This phenomenon does not only benefit the industry but also passengers.