On the 27th of March Cathay Pacific and The Lufthansa Group (Lufthansa/Swiss/Austrian) signed a co-operation agreement. In this agreement, the airlines will codeshare on certain routes and receive reciprocal benefits for Asia Miles, Miles and More and Marco Polo Club.

Thanks to the new partnership Cathay Pacific passengers will be able to travel to 14 new destinations in countries like Austria, Germany, Berlin, Norway, Hungary etc. The ‘CX’ code will be placed on the services operated by the Lufthansa Group to those 14 new destinations.

The partnership sees great connection opportunities in the Europe, Hong Kong, Australia & New Zealand region.

The new codeshare services will begin at the end of this month, the 26th of April to be exact.

Here is the codeshare service information courtesy of routesonline.com,

Cathay Pacific operated by Austrian
Dusseldorf – Vienna
Frankfurt – Vienna
Zurich – Vienna

Cathay Pacific operated by Lufthansa
Frankfurt – Berlin Tegel
Frankfurt – Brussels
Frankfurt – Budapest
Frankfurt – Dresden
Frankfurt – Hamburg
Frankfurt – Hanover
Frankfurt – Munich
Frankfurt – Nuremberg
Frankfurt – Oslo
Frankfurt – Stuttgart

Cathay Pacific operated by SWISS
Zurich – Berlin Tegel
Zurich – Brussels
Zurich – Florence
Zurich – Geneva
Zurich – Hamburg
Zurich – Stuttgart
Zurich – Venice

Austrian operated by Cathay Pacific
Hong Kong – Auckland
Hong Kong – Cairns
Hong Kong – Melbourne
Hong Kong – Sydney

Lufthansa operated by Cathay Pacific
Hong Kong – Auckland
Hong Kong – Cairns
Hong Kong – Melbourne
Hong Kong – Sydney

The partnership greatly benefits both carriers immensely. Connections to new destinations are now much simpler with baggage being able to be checked all the way to your final destination and the reciprocal benefits in the frequent flyer programs offer great earning and redeeming opportunities which previously weren’t available.

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