Air-rail alliance

There are four main types of airline-railway business alliance or codeshare agreements – dedicated services, entire network access, Night&Fly, and re-protection agreements. The currently active air-rail alliances are listed in the various tables below.

Dedicated services

Dedicated services are less common than Rail&Fly alliances, due to the level of service provided. Often checked through luggage to is provided between the air and rail journeys, dedicated carriages or entire trains are provided to airline passengers, and service is to the same level expected on board an aircraft, including meals and refreshments.

Train Operating CompanyAirlineFrom AirportTo CityMarketed As
AmtrakUnited AirlinesNewark Liberty International AirportNew Haven, CT
Philadelphia, PA
Stamford, CT
Wilmington, DE
CRHChina Eastern AirlinesShanghai Hongqiao International AirportShanghai-Hangzhou
Shanghai-Wuxi		China Eastern Air-Rail Service [1]
Deutsche BahnLufthansa
American Airlines
Emirates		Frankfurt AirportStuttgart
Cologne
Siegburg/Bonn / Kassel Wilhelmshöhe / Karlsruhe main station		AIRail[2][3]
ÖBBAustrian AirlinesVienna International AirportLinz
Salzburg		AIRail[4][5]
SBBSwiss International Air LinesZurich AirportBaselAirtrain [6]
SNCFAir FranceParis-Charles de Gaulle AirportBrussels-Midi
Strasbourg		Air & Rail [7]
ThalysKLMAmsterdam-Schiphol AirportAntwerp
Brussels
ThalysAmerican AirlinesParis-Charles de Gaulle AirportBrussels-Midi

Entire network access

More commonly referred to as Rail & Fly due to the popularity of the Deutsche Bahn service, entire network access is the increasingly common form of air-rail alliance. This allows passengers to book a discounted (sometimes free) train ticket in addition to their full-price air ticket. Checked through luggage and dedicated train compartments for airline passengers are not normally available, though sometimes first class train travel is provided. Travel is usually available to the entire rail network.

Train Operating CompanyAirlineFrom AirportToMarketed As
Comboios de PortugalTAP PortugalLisbon Airport, Porto Airport, Faro AirportAll of Portugal, long distance trains only[8]Rail&Fly Portugal
Deutsche BahnLufthansa #
Aeroflot
Air Astana #
Air China
Air India
Air Malta
Air Mauritius
Air Moldova
Air Namibia
Air Transat
Alitalia
American Airlines #
All Nippon Airways
Asiana Airlines
Belavia
Bulgaria Air
Cathay Pacific Airways
China Airlines
China Eastern Airlines
Condor #
Croatia Airlines
Cyprus Airways
Egyptair
El Al Israel Airlines
Emirates #
Ethiopian Airlines
Etihad Airways
Finnair #
Gulf Air
Hainan Airlines
Iberia
Icelandair
Iran Air
Japan Airlines
Korean Air
Kuwait Airways
LATAM
Mahan Air
Malaysia Airlines
MIAT Mongolian Airlines
Middle East Airlines
Oman Air
Pakistan International
Qantas #
Qatar Airways #
Rossiya Airlines
Royal Air Maroc
Royal Jordanian Airlines
S7 Airlines
Singapore Airlines
South African Airways #
SriLankan Airlines
Syrian Arab Airline
LATAM Brasil
TAP Portugal
TAROM
Thai Airways
TransAer
TUIfly.com #
Tunisair
Turkish Airlines
Ukraine International
Uzbekistan Airways
Vietnam Airlines
Yemenia		 Frankfurt Airport
Basel Airport
Berlin-Schönefeld Airport
Berlin-Tegel Airport
Bremen Airport
Dortmund Airport
Dresden Airport
Düsseldorf Airport
Hamburg Airport
Hannover Airport
Leipzig/Halle Airport
Köln-Bonn Airport
München Airport
Münster-Osnabrück Airport
Nürnberg Airport
Stuttgart Airport		 All Deutsche-Bahn-stations (including some in Austria and Switzerland), and select private railway services in GermanyRail&Fly[9]
ÖBBAir Moldova #Vienna International AirportLinz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Bregenz, Graz, Klagenfurt and St. Pölten [10]Air & Rail Austria
ÖBBEmirates #Vienna International AirportAll ÖBB-trains in Austria except EN Euro Night[11]Rail & Fly in Austria
Taiwan High Speed RailChina Airlines
EVA Air
China Eastern Airlines		Taoyuan International Airport
Taipei Songshan Airport
Kaohsiung International Airport
Taichung Airport		All of Taiwan - HSR only [12]
SNCFAir France[13]
Gulf Air[14]
Air Austral
Air Tahiti Nui
American Airlines
Cathay Pacific
Middle East Airlines
Emirates Airline
Etihad Airways
Qatar Airways		Paris-Charles de GaulleAll of France - HSR onlyTGVair

♯ Indicates airlines offer Rail&Fly ticketing on company website

Airline-Rail re-protection agreements

Also known as "Good for Trains", this is an emergency backup service for airline cancellations, providing train tickets in lieu of flights to get passengers to their destination. Such an example was during the Eyjafjallajökull eruption in 2010, where extra trains were provided to support the airlines’ stranded passengers in Europe. These 'good for train' agreements are in place with the following airlines:

CountryTrain Operating CompanyAirline
Via RailAir Canada [15]
Deutsche BahnLufthansa[16]
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See also

References
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  2. "AIRail Service". Frankfurt Airport. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  3. http://www.lufthansa.com/de/de/AIRail-Reisen-wie-im-Flug
  4. http://www.austrian.com/Info/Book/AIRail.aspx?cc=AT
  5. https://www.oebb.at/en/leistungen-und-services/austrian-airail
  6. "Airtrain". SWISS. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  7. "Air-Rail Service". Air France. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  8. "Rail&Fly Portugal – Termos e Condições" (PDF). TAP Portugal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-19. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
  9. "Rail & Fly". Frankfurt Airport. Archived from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  10. "Air Moldova - Air & Rail Austria". Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  11. "Emirates - Rail & Fly in Austria". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  12. "Air China - HSR". SkyTeam. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  13. "TGVair". Air France. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  14. "Gulf Air and French National Railway SNCF commence codeshare". AMEINFO. Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  15. "Air Canada/Via Rail reprotection agreement". Air Canada. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  16. "Media release: DB prepared for flight restrictions". Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  • List of Rail&Fly partners from Frankfurt Airport
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