Originally Posted by lhrworker
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.
I do not understand this. If BA op a service to AGP and codeshare with IB, BA catering will be provided. If BA have to wetlease a plane from BD to operate the flight, the plane will be in BD livery with BD crew in BD uniforms but BA will surely specificy what level of catering they will pay BD to provide to the BA pax, irrespective of whether BD would supply that catering that same catering to its own pax (e.g. hot meal and free chamapgne in CE), what seat pitch etc etc.
Why does it make any difference that the wetlease is from the codeshare partner that happens not to provide catering. BA have two seprate agreements with IB. One the pre-existing codeshare which doubtless splits revenue and determines what level of service the
operator will provide. Then the separate wetlease agreement which, as in the BA/BD example, will determine what level of catering IB is to provide at BA's expense (no matter whether it is served on IB crockery or BA crockery), what seat pitch etc etc.