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With today's announcement of Continental Airlines’ plan to join the Star Alliance network and partner with United Airlines, our longstanding codeshare relationship with United remains intact, as does our status as a Star Alliance member carrier. In recent days, we have reaffirmed our codeshare with United and our continued participation in the alliance.
Here are some questions we anticipate you might have, and, of course, their answers:
Q. Does this change our codeshare relationship with UA?
A. No. As part of the process to invite CO into Star Alliance, we reaffirmed our relationship with UA and our position in Star Alliance. The US-UA codeshare program will remain one of the largest codeshare programs in the industry.
Q. Isn’t Star Alliance already the largest global airline alliance? Why do we need another North American member?
A. Each member of the alliance brings unique value. The CO route network brings new destinations and additional service in important markets that have limited service by current Star Alliance member carriers. CO customers will gain access to additional services not available to them today, including airport lounge and frequent flyer benefits.
Q. Will US reduce flying as a result of United’s new relationship with CO?
A. No, today’s announcement will have no impact on the level of US operations. Codeshare programs, frequent flyer cooperation and other aspects of an airline alliance help to increase the number of passengers US Airways carries.
Q. Will US and CO enter into a codeshare agreement?
A. We haven’t had discussions yet on a possible codeshare or potential bilateral relationship with CO.
