nok air was the first airline to begin code-sharing agreements with southwest airlines.
nok air was the first airline to begin code-sharing agreements with southwest airlines.
which was the first airline to begin code-sharing agreements with southwest airlines?
nok air
at the time of its shutdown, ata airlines had a codeshare agreement with southwest airlines. as far back as 2001, ata explored a passenger sharing agreement, with a now defunct airline called access air which also had midwestern united states flight operations. this agreement was short lived due to the tedious economic condition of this post deregulation "start up" carrier. the ata connection service flown by commuter air carrier chicago express airlines was also operated on a codeshare basis.









































ata was not involved in an alliance.









































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ata airlines
in 1996, alaska airlines became the first airline in the world to utilize an rnp approach with its approach down the gastineau channel into juneau, alaska. alaska airlines captain steve fulton and captain hal anderson developed more than 30 rnp approaches for the airline's alaska operations. in 2005, alaska airlines became the first airline to utilize rnp approaches into reagan national airport to avoid congestion. in april 2009, alaska airlines became the first airline to gain approval from the faa to validate their own rnp approaches. on 6 april 2010, southwest airlines converted to rnp.
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