Southwest Airlines and Icelandair Expand Interline Partnership
Southwest Airlines and Icelandair announced on Wednesday the signing of a strategic partnership agreement.
The partnership will allow customers to easily connect between the two airlines’ networks, with sales and travel through Baltimore launching in February. Southwest Airlines is the largest domestic carrier in the US and offers flights to numerous destinations across North America.
Icelandair is Southwest’s initial airline partner with the two airlines first signing a Memorandum of Understanding last year on a strategic partnership with Baltimore as the first connecting airport. On January 15, two additional connecting points were announced, Nashville and Denver, which will further open new and exciting possibilities for both airlines’ customers this summer.
Customers will then be able to travel via Baltimore, Nashville and Denver onwards to Iceland and Europe, and from Iceland on Southwest’s extensive network via the three gateways.
“It’s fitting for us to launch this chapter of industry-standard airline partnerships with our longtime friends, Icelandair. Beyond an ability to offer each other’s Customers access to new destinations and like-minded travel experiences centered around hospitality and value, we’re grateful to have been guided by their expertise and best practices in building our program,” said Ryan Green, Southwest Airlines Executive Vice President & Chief Transformation Officer.
Southwest has said that it intends to add at least one additional partner carrier in 2025.
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