Originally Posted by Frequentflyer99
Does the codeshare agreement actually deal with the wetlease situation ? It seems odd that it should because this is not a codeshare situation.
It is a code sshare situation but in reverse! The codeshare for one of these flights is IB7447 for example.
When you went lease from an airline, you get the plane, the crew, flight deck and even the bins in the hold complete. The service is operated by IB on behalf of BA using the "IB brand". The codeshare agreement goes as far as saying that IB will only provide food free for people travelling in business.
Economy passengers have to buy food and drink as they would if it was an IB service.
BA had a simular problem when it first started codesharing with SN brussels (sabena) and BA was wetleasing the Sn brussels aircraft.
There is another situation that is the same with Titan Airways on the domestic flights at the moment.