JetBlue-British Airways codeshare approved by DOT

The US Department of Transportation approved the planned codeshare agreement between JetBlue and British Airways. The request was made just under three weeks ago. It allows JetBlue to place its B6 code on flights within Europe operated by British Airways. Similarly, flights within North America operated by JetBlue can now carry a British Airways code.

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While loyalty reciprocity remains unclear for JetBlue’s TrueBlue members, BA Executive Club members have a bit of precedent to work with. All BA-coded flights earn both Avios and tier points towards status. This includes flights operated by airlines outside of the oneworld alliance, as will be the case with JetBlue-operated services.

The routes shown here are merely the initial proposed list of services. The approval allows the two carriers to add any markets covered by open skies treaties (including most of Europe) at will. Non-open skies markets require notification to the DOT.

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While the approval enables the option, the airlines still must file fares to sell the seats on each others’ planes. That does not appear to have happened yet.