Continental Airlines, Alitalia start homeland codeshare agreement

Continental Airlines, Alitalia start homeland codeshare agreement    Continental Airlines and Alitalia have started a codeshare agreement that allows the airlines to offer flights within the other’s home country.
   Continental now places its code (CO*) on the following Alitalia flights: between Rome/Milan and Bari, Brindisi, Catania, Florence, Lamezia Terme, Naples, Palermo, Pisa, Trieste and Venice, Italy; between Rome and Bologna, Genoa, Reggio di Calabria, Turin and Verona, Italy; and between Rome/Milan and Tirana, Albania. These flights connect with Continental’s daily non-stop services between New York/Newark and both Rome and Milan.
   At the same time, Alitalia will place its code (AZ*) on Continental flights between New York/Newark and 11 U.S. destinations — Cleveland, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland (Oregon), San Francisco and Seattle — plus Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. These flights will connect with Alitalia’s daily non-stop services between both Rome and Milan and New York/Newark.
   The two airlines are both SkyTeam alliance members.