Air-rail alliance

There are four main types of airline-railway alliance or codeshare agreements - dedicated services, entire network access, Night&Fly, and re-protection agreements. The currently active air-rail alliances are listed in the various tables below.

Dedicated services

Dedicated services are less common than Rail&Fly alliances, due to the level of service provided. Often checked through luggage to is provided between the air and rail journeys, dedicated carriages or entire trains are provided to airline passengers, and service is to the same level expected on board an aircraft, including meals and refreshments.

Train Operating Company Airline From Airport To City Marketed As
Amtrak United Airlines Newark Liberty International Airport New Haven, CT
Philadelphia, PA
Stamford, CT
Wilmington, DE
CRH China Eastern Airlines Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport Shanghai-Hangzhou
Shanghai-Wuxi
China Eastern Air-Rail Service [1]
Deutsche Bahn Lufthansa
American Airlines
Emirates
Frankfurt Airport Stuttgart
Cologne
Siegburg/Bonn / Kassel Wilhelmshöhe / Karlsruhe main station
AIRail[2][3]
ÖBB Austrian Airlines Vienna International Airport Linz AIRail[4][5]
SBB Swiss International Air Lines Zurich Airport Basel Airtrain [6]
SNCF Air France Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Brussels-Midi
Strasbourg
Air & Rail [7]
Thalys KLM Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport Antwerp
Brussels
Thalys American Airlines Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Brussels-Midi
Thalys Jet Airways Brussels Airport Paris [8]

Entire network access

More commonly referred to as Rail & Fly due to the popularity of the Deutsche Bahn service, entire network access is the increasingly common form of air-rail alliance. This allows passengers to book a train ticket at the same time as their air ticket, often for a discounted price and occasionally for free. Checked through luggage and dedicated train compartments for airline passengers are not normally available, though sometimes first class train travel is provided. Travel is usually available to the entire rail network.

Train Operating Company Airline From Airport To Marketed As
Comboios de Portugal TAP Portugal Lisbon Airport, Porto Airport, Faro Airport All of Portugal, long distance trains only[9] Rail&Fly Portugal
Deutsche Bahn Lufthansa #
Aeroflot
Aerosvit Ukrainian Airlines
Air Astana
Air Berlin #
Air China
Air India
Air Malta
Air Mauritius
Air Moldova
Air Namibia
Air Transat
Alitalia
American Airlines #
All Nippon Airways
Asiana Airlines
Belavia
Bulgaria Air
Cathay Pacific Airways
China Airlines
China Eastern Airlines
Condor #
Croatia Airlines
Cyprus Airways
Egyptair
El Al Israel Airlines
Emirates #
Ethiopian Airlines
Etihad Airways
Finnair
Germanwings #
Gulf Air
Hainan Airlines
Iberia
Icelandair
Iran Air
Japan Airlines
JAT Airways
Korean Air
Kuwait Airways
LATAM
Mahan Air
Malaysia Airlines
MIAT Mongolian Airlines
Middle East Airlines
Oman Air
Pakistan International
Qantas #
Qatar Airways #
Rossiya Airlines
Royal Air Maroc
Royal Jordanian Airlines
S7 Airlines
Singapore Airlines
South African Airways #
SriLankan Airlines
Syrian Arab Airline
LATAM Brasil
TAP Portugal
Taro
Thai Airways
TransAer
TUIfly.com #
Tunisair
Turkish Airlines
Ukraine International
Uzbekistan Airways
Vietnam Airlines
Yemenia
Frankfurt Airport
Basel Airport
Berlin-Schönefeld Airport
Berlin-Tegel Airport
Bremen Airport
Dortmund Airport
Dresden Airport
Düsseldorf Airport
Hamburg Airport
Hannover Airport
Leipzig/Halle Airport
Köln-Bonn Airport
München Airport
Münster-Osnabrück Airport
Nürnberg Airport
Stuttgart Airport
All Deutsche-Bahn-stations (which includes a few stations in Austria and Switzerland), and select private railway services in Germany Rail&Fly[10]
ÖBB Air Moldova # Vienna International Airport Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Bregenz, Graz, Klagenfurt and St. Pölten [11] Air & Rail Austria
ÖBB Emirates # Vienna International Airport All ÖBB-trains in Austria except EN Euro Night[12] Rail & Fly in Austria
Taiwan High Speed Rail China Airlines
EVA Air
China Eastern Airlines
Taoyuan International Airport
Taipei Songshan Airport
Kaohsiung International Airport
Taichung Airport
All of Taiwan - HSR only [13]
SNCF Air France[14]
Gulf Air[15]
Air Austral
Air Tahiti Nui
American Airlines
Cathay Pacific
Middle East Airlines
Emirates Airline
Etihad Airways
Qatar Airways
Paris-Charles de Gaulle All of France - HSR only TGVair

♯ Indicates airlines offer Rail&Fly ticketing on company website

Night & Fly

A novel approach to attracting passengers by offering overnight trains for accommodation from the airline's hub airport.

Train Operating Company Airline From Airport To Marketed As
City Night Line Swiss International Air Lines Zurich Airport Basel
Köln
Düsseldorf
Amsterdam
Dortmund
Bremen
Hamburg
Frankfurt
Hannover
Berlin
Night&Flight [16]

Airline-Rail re-protection agreements

Also known as "Good for Trains", this is an emergency backup service for airline cancellations, providing train tickets in lieu of flights to get passengers to their destination. Such an example was during the Eyjafjallajökull eruption in 2010, where extra trains were provided to support the airlines’ stranded passengers in Europe. These 'good for train' agreements are in place with the following airlines:

Country Train Operating Company Airline
Canada Via Rail Air Canada [17]
Germany Deutsche Bahn Lufthansa
Air Berlin [18]

See also

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Rail air alliances.

References

  1. "Air-Rail Service". China Eastern. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  2. "AIRail Service". Frankfurt Airport. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  3. http://www.lufthansa.com/de/de/AIRail-Reisen-wie-im-Flug
  4. http://www.austrian.com/Info/Book/AIRail.aspx?cc=AT
  5. http://www.oebb.at/en/Planning_your_trip/Travelling_to_Vienna_Airport/Austrian_AIRail/index.jsp
  6. "Airtrain". SWISS. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  7. "Air-Rail Service". Air France. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  8. http://in.news.yahoo.com/jet-airways-forms-air-rail-code-share-thalys-124248337.html
  9. "Rail&Fly Portugal – Termos e Condições" (PDF). TAP Portugal. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
  10. "Rail & Fly". Frankfurt Airport. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  11. "Air Moldova - Air & Rail Austria". Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  12. - Rail & Fly in Austria http://www.emirates.com/at/english/plan_book/to_and_from_airport/obb.aspx - Rail & Fly in Austria Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 21 October 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. "Air China - HSR". SkyTeam. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  14. "TGVair". Air France. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  15. "Gulf Air and French National Railway SNCF commence codeshare". AMEINFO. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  16. Sauter-Servaes, T; Nash, A. (2009). "Increasing Rail Demand by Improving Multimodal Information and Ticketing". Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2117 (1): 7–13. doi:10.3141/2117-02.
  17. "Air Canada/Via Rail reprotection agreement". Air Canada. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  18. "Media release: DB prepared for flight restrictions". Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 28 November 2011.

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