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Apr 30, 2012 | 8:20 am

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phillystudent

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Originally Posted by Yaatri

As I understand, there are bilateral interline agreements and mult-lateral interline agreements, which are entirely different from code-share agreements.
Any airline that's a signatory to MITA will/should interline with anyother airline that's also a signatory to MITA. An airline does not have to sign agreements with every airline it wishes to interline with. Signing on to MITA automatically results in interlining agreement with all MITA signatories.

Strictly speaking, if you have separate tickets, MITA does not apply, unless the two tickets have been conjuncted.

I would like to hear from those with more knowledge of rules than I have.

That's a perfect summary of MITA and the provisions. I have a copy of the manual, but unfortunately am not allowed to paste the section because of legal reasons (it's a purchase-restricted document). Either way, joining the agreement links the airline in question to the other 350 members of the group. Furthermore, the tickets do need to be the same in order for the automatic procedures to kick in.

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