United, Emirates expand codeshare network; add 8 new Mexican cities

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Emirates had announced a major expansion in its codeshare partnership with United, to include nine destinations in Mexico.

The Dubai-based airline will offer its customers access to eight new destinations in the country, in addition to Mexico City, which the airline also serves.

The codeshare network between Emirates and United currently includes a host of US cities, with Mexico becoming the first country outside of the US to be added to the expanding network.

The codeshare partnership enables passengers flying on Emirates to two points in the US, either Chicago or Houston, to connect onwards to  destinations in Mexico.

The new Mexican points include Cancun, Cozumel, Monterrey, Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara, San Jose Del Cabo, Leon/Guanajuato and Queretaro.

The codeshare partnership also provides more flexibility on flight timings, giving the Dubai-based carrier’s customers flying to Mexico City more options when choosing flights.

Depending on travel plans, passengers can opt to fly to the Mexican capital using Emirates daily services from Dubai with a stop in Barcelona, or separately book codeshare flights to Mexico City.

The expansion of the codeshare network also enables customers flying from the nine points in Mexico to fly to destinations on the airline’s network, via Chicago or Houston.

Tickets to codeshare destinations in Mexico are available from September 14 onwards.

Access from United Airlines’ gateways

With the addition of the new points to Mexico, the enhanced codeshare network now includes 134 destinations, accessible from United’s gateways in the US, while almost 100 additional points across the US, Canada, Central and South America, and the Caribbean are available for customers to choose from on an interline basis.