Airlines in code-sharing pact

Friday, Aug. 23, 2002 | 11:16 a.m.

ATLANTA -- Delta Air Lines, the nation's third biggest airline, plans to join Continental and Northwest in a broad new partnership aimed at protecting revenue from a proposed rival alliance.

The plan announced today expands an existing partnership between No. 4 carrier Northwest and No. 5 Continental by bringing Atlanta-based Delta into the mix.

The airlines plan to sell seats on each other's flights and coordinate schedules and frequent-flier benefits under a "code-share" agreement.

The partnership comes in response to a similar relationship between United Airlines and US Airways that was announced last month.

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