L'Avion Gets British Airways JFK-ORY Codeshare Deal

[Matt Molnar]

Poorly translated press release:

Paris, France - The transatlantic flights will start from June
(WAPA) - L'Avion, all business airline, after the excellent results achieved on the Paris-New York route, has signed a partnership agreement with OpenSkies, affiliated British Airways. The transatlantic flights will start from June.

Thanks to this code-share agreement L'Avion will operate a third daily frequency on the "JFK" airport of New York, with departure from Orly at 10:40 am and arrival in NY at 2:00 pm. (Avionews)
(050) 080507140559-1089206 (World Aeronautical Press Agency - 2008-05-07 02:05 pm)

[PhilDernerJr]

Nice, coming into JFK. Good for those of us who want to get pics but aren't up for NJ police encounters.

[pgengler]

Is this L'Avion operating the flight, or OpenSkies?

[T-Bird76]

Its a L'Avion flight number but with OpenSky metal. L'Avion is codesharing with OpenSky's, their planes will not be at JFK.

[Matt Molnar]

Ahh, there now seems to be an article about it in real English:

http://www.businesstravelworld.com/nav? ... ce=7150823 (http://www.businesstravelworld.com/nav?page=businesstravelworld.gen_obj_redirects.new s&fixture_news=7150823&resource=7150823&view_resource=7150823)

This makes slightly more sense, but still very odd that L'Avion is sort of competing against itself here.