=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/2003/08/28/f= inancial2021EDT0325.DTL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, August 28, 2003 (AP) American, British Airways to start selling each other's flights next month (08-28) 17:21 PDT FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- American Airlines and British Airways will begin selling tickets on each other's flights on Sept. 17, American said Thursday. As part of what's called a code-sharing agreement, American will be able to sell tickets on British Airways connecting flights from London's Heathrow Airport to other destinations in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East as if they were American flights. British Airways will be able to do the same thing, connecting its passengers to U.S. locations on American flights. The code-sharing agreement will be phased in from Sept. 17 to Oct. 26. Eventually, American will be able to tap 110 destinations served by British Airways while letting British Airways book travel to 187 U.S. locations. Code-sharing is increasingly common in the airline industry. It is a way that airlines use to get around barriers against operating in other countries. For example, foreign carriers cannot fly passengers from one U.S. airport to another. With the code-sharing agreement, British Airways can sell a two-part itinerary from London to many U.S. airports, instead of requiring customers to transfer to another airline once they enter the United States. Federal regulators approved the code-sharing deal in April after twice rejecting plans that called for closer ties between American and British Airways. They declined to give the airlines immunity from antitrust laws. =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2003 AP