Korean Air and Northwest Airlines launch cargo code-share agreement

On February 24, 2005 ,Korean Air and Northwest Airlines announced a code-sharing agreement that will enable both airlines to carry international cargo on each other? scheduled freighter flights between Asia and the United States, providing new destinations, faster service and more requencies for their cargo customers.

It is the first such agreement under a provision authored by U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) allowing for allied U.S. and foreign carriers serving Alaska to transfer International cargo- thereby increasing cargo traffic in Anchorage and further securing Alaska? leading role as a global air-cargo hub.

Under the code-sharing agreement, the two carriers are able to sell cargo space for their customers on each other? code-shared flights.

Korean Air is marketing its ?E?airline code on Northwest-operated freighters from Anchorage to Chicago and Cincinnati as well as between Seoul and Anchorage.

Northwest, in turn , is placing its ?W?code on cargo flights operated by Korean Air from Seoul to Anchorage, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas/Ft.Worth and San Francisco, complementing Northwest? current Boeing 747 freighter service from nine Asia-Pacific destinations to Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Cincinnati through its cargo hub at Anchorage.

Three times a week, some Korean Air freighters arriving in Anchorage park next to Northwest freighters at the Northwest Cargo hub in Anchorage. Cargo arriving from Asia is transferred between Northwest and Korean Air freighters for connecting flights to the lower 48 states. The process repeats itself for Asia-bound cargo. This activity is expected to become daily later this year.