=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SF Gate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/news/archive/2001/12/17/f= inancial1659EST0268.DTL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, December 17, 2001 (AP) Delta, Taiwanese airline to market seats together (12-17) 13:59 PST ATLANTA (AP) -- Delta Air Lines and China Airlines, Taiwan's largest carrier, announced = an agreement Monday to sell seats on each other's hub flights. The deal gives Atlanta-based Delta a second partner in the Asian market, where its service is limited. Delta will sell seats on China's daily flights to Taipei from New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. China will put its code on Delta flights from the California cities to Atlanta, Cincinnati, Dallas-Fort Worth, Salt Lake City and Tampa, Fla. The airlines expect to expand the agreement in the future. China Airlines has a codesharing agreement with American Airlines to handle mail, but Delta is its first U.S. partner with passengers. China President Christine T. Tsung said she and Delta's chairman and chi= ef executive Leo F. Mullin "share very close management philosophies." Tsung said there has been no discussions yet about whether China might join the Delta-led SkyTeam Alliance. China flies to 50 cities in 21 countries. On the Net: www.china-airlines.com www.delta.com =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2001 AP