airBaltic and Lufthansa expand RIX–FRA codeshare from Dec. 17

Air Baltic and Lufthansa will deepen their codeshare from 17 December, placing LH on airBaltic-operated Riga–Frankfurt flights and BT on Lufthansa services on the same route. The reciprocal agreement is restricted to transfer itineraries via Frankfurt to improve access to Lufthansa’s global network.

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The reciprocal pact markets Lufthansa’s LH code on airBaltic-operated Riga–Frankfurt flights and airBaltic’s BT code on Lufthansa services, effective 17 December, and applies only to transfer itineraries via Frankfurt—expanding single‑ticket access from Latvia into Lufthansa’s global feed.
The move continues a wider industry pattern of using codeshares to extend network reach and feed intercontinental services without additional aircraft deployment, following recent agreements that deepen airline feed into Asia and North America (see recent Iberia–China Southern and SAS–Aeroméxico partnerships: https://hype.aero/?story=21df8e4e-9305-443d-b090-e7ffeb5b4824 and https://hype.aero/?story=b2576fd1-ae48-4336-9ab7-a3b234173007).

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