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Old Aug 25, 2007 | 4:41 pm
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I understood SNAGuy's question to be about a codeshare, a flight operated by NW but ticketed by DL using a virtual flight number that DL assigns to a block of seats that they control. Codeshares are common industrywide, for example CO offers codeshare seats on MIA-LHR flights operated by VS, and AA/AS codeshare several routes. However, CO, DL and NW launched a particularly large codeshare venture in 2003...

http://albany.bizjournals.com/albany...3/daily18.html

..and some analysts characterized it (then) as a near merger of the three carriers, though I think this hasn't proven accurate.
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