Asiana to Share Flights With US Airways

Asiana Airlines will have code-sharing operation with US Airways starting Dec. 15 to expand its network in the United States.

Code-sharing is an arrangement through which an airline sells seats on another carrier's flights under its own name, and the two carriers will share flights on Asiana's five routes between Korea and the U.S. and US Airways' 20 U.S. domestic routes.

The two airlines are members of Star Alliance.

Following the agreement, passengers who fly to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago or Seattle on an Asiana flight and transfer to Phoenix, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Charlotte or Pittsburgh on a US Airways plane will be able to use US Airways' lounges and convert the U.S. carrier's mileage into Asiana's.

``Asiana has expanded cooperation with American carriers as demand for air travel between the two countries is expected to grow largely along with the free trade agreement and visa waiver program,'' an Asiana official said.