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

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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