JetBlue and SAA expand codeshare agreement

JetBlue Airways and South African Airways have expanded their codeshare agreement to include flights between Washington DC and Dakar, Senegal. The deal will allow SAA to sell tickets to US government employees and contractors under terms of the Fly America Act. The latest deal is six months after JetBlue began codesharing with SAA flights between two US gateways—New York and Washington—and several African cities including  Johannesburg,  Cape Town, Durban, East London and Port Elizabeth. SAA also has been using its code on JetBlue flights from the US east coast since 2011. The deal was initiated when SAA asked JetBlue to