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DVA6937
Captain, B757-200
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103 legs, 152.4 hours
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96 legs, 144.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 13 2014 10:54 ET by Charles Skinner

I recently took Delta Flight 9250 from KDCA to KLAX. The flight was operated by Alaska Airlines. I did not find this flight available to DVA. Is Alaska Air not a Delta partner? Actually there are no listed DVA flights from DCA to LAX.

Charles Skinner

Captain, B757-200

DVA2887
Senior Captain, A320
OLP, 737-ATP, VFRADV
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Posted onPost created on December 13 2014 11:06 ET by Andrew Vane

Only Alaska Air flights which Delta codeshare's with are in our schedule database. There are a lot of flights by our sister airlines that do not show up in our schedule.

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

Posted onPost created on December 13 2014 20:44 ET by Charles Skinner

Thanks for the answer. However, help me understand; what does code share mean?

Charles Skinner

Captain, B757-200

Posted onPost created on December 13 2014 21:06 ET by Andrew Vane

Its where one or more airlines share the same flight basically. You can't fly Delta to Lyon, France but you could book this flight and you'd transfer to Air France most likely to complete the last leg. You'd get skymiles in real life for the entire trip even though the last leg would be Air France. There's more to it than this but that's the basics. Others here can probably explain it more clearly.

Andrew Vane (DVA2887)

DVA9720
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Posted onPost created on December 15 2014 16:40 ET by Jerel Wedge

A codeshare is when one airline markets the flight and another airline is the one that actually operates it. In your case Delta Airlines was the "Marketing Carrier" and Alaska Airlines was the "Operating Carrier". Codeshares a put in place to make it possible for an airline to serve more cities/destinations without actually having to use their own aircraft and staff. Now Delta can advertise they fly LAX-DCA when in actuality Alaska Airlines is the airline operating the flight. Most of the time the passenger is connecting when dealing with a codeshare. For example if you wanted to fly SJC-DCA on Delta they would most likely offer you SJC-LAX-DCA among other options. The entire itinerary will be marketed as Delta Airlines and in very small fine print it should advise you that the LAX-DCA portion is operated by Alaska Airlines because Delta does not serve LAX-DCA.

Now you the passenger are happy because you can easily be ticketed all the way to DCA, your bags will be transferred, you do not have to worry about checking in at another airline to get to DCA and Delta gets a little bit of money on the LAX-DCA portion because they helped Alaska Airlines sell a seat. Like Andrew said there is more to it such as getting frequent flier miles for the entire trip and now both airlines can change your itinerary if necessary.

Hope this helps

Jerel Wedge

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DVA3419
Captain, MD-88

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Posted onPost created on December 15 2014 19:06 ET by Norm Hare

It does appear to be a codeshare and is listed as a Delta flight. That said, shouldn't it be in our schedule? I think that is what he was asking. Perhaps it's new and isn't in our database?
EDIT: It is in our database as ASA005..

Norm Hare (DVA3419)

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