Hong Kong Airlines and Virgin Australia will form a codeshare partnership to provide customers with connectivity to 11 destinations across the flight networks of both airlines, offering business travellers more flight options and seamless travel experiences between Hong Kong, mainland China, and Australia.
Under the codeshare agreement, Virgin Australia will offer codeshare services on Hong Kong Airlines’ five return services per week between Hong Kong and the Gold Coast and Cairns, Australia. Virgin customers travelling on those services will also be able to book onward travel to mainland China under an interline agreement with Hong Kong Airlines.
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Hong Kong Airlines customers travelling to or from Hong Kong will enjoy codeshare flights to 11 destinations on the Virgin Australia network, including flights between Melbourne and Hong Kong, Melbourne and Christchurch, New Zealand, as well as Melbourne and Auckland, New Zealand.
The first flight to be operated under the codeshare agreement will be VA87/HX3001, operated by Virgin Australia and scheduled to depart Melbourne for Hong Kong on July 5, 2017. This Melbourne-Hong Kong service will be operated five days weekly.
Members of HKA’s Fortune Wings Club will be able to earn frequent flyer points on eligible flights operated by Virgin Australia, and base points earned on eligible flights will count toward attainment of Elite Membership. Members of Virgin’s Velocity Frequent Flyer programme will be able to earn Velocity Frequent Flyer Points and Status Credits when travelling on eligible flights operated by Hong Kong Airlines.
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The two airlines also plan to introduce further benefits for members of their frequent flyer programmes, including access to airline lounges, priority check-in, priority boarding and additional baggage allowances.
“The alliance with Virgin Australia is one of the major steps of Hong Kong Airlines’ globalization strategy in turning ourselves from a regional airline to an international carrier,” says Zhang Kui, co-chairman of HKA. “We believe the alliance will enable Virgin Australia’s customers to gain convenient access to Hong Kong and via Hong Kong, the world’s aviation hub and Hong Kong Airlines’ base, to additional routes in mainland China.”
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