ROUTE ALLOCATION & CODE SHARING NEERAJ KUMAR NITIN CHAKRAVERTY
Dec 21, 2014
ROUTE ALLOCATION
& CODE SHARING
NEERAJ KUMARNITIN CHAKRAVERTY
ROUTE ALLOCATION
It is a required to operate social obligation Airlines are being forced to fly services which
often have poor loads
A new approach needs to be considered which better matches the nature of air operations
WHAT IS ROUTE ALLOCATION
ROUTE DISPERSAL GUIDELINES
Route Dispersal Guidelines formulated in 1994 by DGCA, all routes were divided into three categories viz. Category – I, II and III.
Route dispersal guidelines have offered only a partial solution to issue of regional connectivity and was not a successful model
The policy formulation should address the requirement of innovative mechanism to achieve maximum connectivity
ROUTE ALLOCATION
Route Categorizatio
n
Category ICategory II
Category III
Category-I :- The Category – I routes were largely inter-metro routes and largely on Category – II routes that served regions of difficult terrain and destination in remote areas
Category-II :- Loss making routes. Category – II routes included routes connecting airports in North-Eastern region, Jammu and Kashmir, Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep.
Category-III :- The remaining routes. Category – III routes were routes other than those included in Category – I and Category – II.
CATEGORIES
CODE SHARING
Code sharing is a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows an airline to put its two-letter identification code on the flights of another airline as they appear in computerized reservations systems.
For Example, the Lufthansa operated flight LH4725 from London to Frankfurt is also marketed by United Airlines as UA909
What Is Code Share
Parallel Operation
Unilateral Operation
Behind & Beyond Route
Types Of Code Sharing
Parallel operation on a trunk route - Two carriers both operate the same sector (flown airport pair), and each gives its code to the other’s operated flights. These are sometimes known as “online code-shares”.
Unilateral operation on a trunk route - A carrier puts its code on a sector operated by another carrier, but not by itself, and not connecting to one of its own operated flights.
Behind and beyond route – a carrier puts its code on sectors, operated by another carrier, to provide connections with its own operated services.
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PASSENGER TRAFFIC TRAVELLED IN CODE SHARING AGREEMENT
WHY WE NEED CODE SHARING
PASSENGER
CONNECTINGFLIGHTS
SHARED RESPONSIBILITY
AIRLINES
BOTH AIRLINES FLY SAME ROUTE
LOW OPERATIONAL COST