codeshare

The English word “codeshare” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

An agreement whereby an airline buys space on another airline and markets the extra space as its own. Often used to increase a route network without the costs of running a full service.

verb

To buy space on (a flight) in this way.

Etymology

From code + share, because of the change in the flight's two-letter airline identity code. One aircraft will have two or more codes and flight numbers.

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