In good news for Aussie regional travelers who fly Regional Express the two airline have signed an interline agreement which will allow easy on-ward access to 40 US destinations through the USA, Canada and Mexico via the US carriers’ sole Sydney to Los Angeles service. Delta passengers flying to Australia will in return have access to up to 58 destinations, the bulk of which are in regional areas of the country.
Passengers will be able to book all flights including the connecting flights under the one booking and will even benefit from end to end seamless baggage transfers to Los Angeles or Sydney.
Rex Deputy Chairman, Hon John Sharp AM said in a media release, “We are proud to enhance our services to our ever increasing loyal customers by offering seamless connections from our regional and
domestic ports to a quality international carrier such as Delta Air Lines”.
“This interline arrangement will make it easier for Australians to visit the U.S. allowing
customers to connect onto Delta Air Lines’ U.S. network and for Americans to explore more
of Australia with over 58 destinations. We are thrilled to be working with a world-class airline,”
he said.
Delta’s Head of Sales – Australia and New Zealand, Nicole Bennett said: “We are excited to
be expanding the domestic Australian relationship with Rex Airlines to enable our customers
to connect seamlessly to our daily Sydney – Los Angeles flight. This service will increase to
10 flights per week from 18 December flying our flagship A350.”
Initially the flights will be only able to be booked through travel agents and online travel agency websites with no word yet if or when it will be possible to book directly on the REX or Delta Airlines websites.
Although it is great news that regional Australia has even more options to seamlessly travel to North America on the one ticket many of the perks of a typical interline agreement do not arise under this arrangement including reciprocal frequent flyer benefits as REX is yet to introduced its much delayed traditional style Frequent flyer program.
