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 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 Company	Airline	From Airport	To City	Marketed As
Amtrak	United Airlines	Newark Liberty International Airport	New Haven, CT Philadelphia, PA Stamford, CT Wilmington, DE
CRH	China Eastern Airlines	Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport	Shanghai-Hangzhou Shanghai-Wuxi	China Eastern Air-Rail Service [1]
Deutsche Bahn	Lufthansa American Airlines Emirates	Frankfurt Airport	Stuttgart Cologne Siegburg/Bonn / Kassel Wilhelmshöhe / Karlsruhe main station	AIRail[2]
ÖBB	Austrian Airlines	Vienna International Airport	Linz Salzburg	AIRail[3]
SBB	Swiss International Air Lines	Zurich Airport	Basel	Airtrain [4]
SNCF	Air France	Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport	Brussels-Midi Strasbourg	Air & Rail [5]
Thalys	KLM	Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport	Antwerp-Centraal Brussels-Midi
Thalys	American Airlines	Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport	Brussels-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.[6]

Train Operating Company	Airline	From Airport	To	Marketed As
Comboios de Portugal	TAP Portugal	Lisbon Airport, Porto Airport, Faro Airport	All of Portugal, long-distance trains only[7]	Rail&Fly Portugal
Deutsche Bahn	Lufthansa # Aeroflot Air Astana # Air China Air India Air Malta Air Mauritius Air Moldova 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 Brandenburg 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 Germany	Rail&Fly[8]
ÖBB	Air Moldova #	Vienna International Airport	Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Bregenz, Graz, Klagenfurt and St. Pölten[9]	Air & Rail Austria
ÖBB	Emirates #	Vienna International Airport	All ÖBB-trains in Austria except EN Euro Night[10]	Rail & Fly in Austria
Taiwan High Speed Rail	China Airlines EVA Air China Eastern Airlines	Taoyuan International Airport Taipei Songshan Airport Kaohsiung International Airport Taichung Airport	All of Taiwan - HSR only [11]
SNCF	Air France[12] Gulf Air[13] Air Austral Air Tahiti Nui American Airlines Cathay Pacific Middle East Airlines Emirates Airline Etihad Airways Qatar Airways	Paris-Charles de Gaulle	All of France - HSR only	TGVair

♯ 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:

Country	Train Operating Company	Airline
	Via Rail	Air Canada[14]
	Deutsche Bahn	Lufthansa[15]

References

"Air-Rail Service". China Eastern. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
"AIRail Service". Frankfurt Airport. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
"ÖBB - Austrian AIRail - Travel directly from Linz and Salzburg". Archived from the original on 2018-09-14. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
"Airtrain". SWISS. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
"Air-Rail Service". Air France. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
"Termos e Condições - Betfair Brasil". 2022-08-18. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
"Rail&Fly Portugal – Termos e Condições" (PDF). TAP Portugal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-19. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
"Rail & Fly". Frankfurt Airport. Archived from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
"Air Moldova - Air & Rail Austria". Retrieved 17 October 2016.
"Emirates - Rail & Fly in Austria". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
"Air China - HSR". SkyTeam. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
"TGVair". Air France. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
"Gulf Air and French National Railway SNCF commence codeshare". AMEINFO. Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
"Air Canada/Via Rail reprotection agreement". Air Canada. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
"Media release: DB prepared for flight restrictions". Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 28 November 2011.

External links

List of Rail&Fly partners from Frankfurt Airport Archived 2010-11-20 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] "Air-Rail Service". China Eastern. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2011.

[2] "AIRail Service". Frankfurt Airport. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2011.

[3] "ÖBB - Austrian AIRail - Travel directly from Linz and Salzburg". Archived from the original on 2018-09-14. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

[4] "Airtrain". SWISS. Retrieved 9 September 2012.

[5] "Air-Rail Service". Air France. Retrieved 28 November 2011.

[6] "Termos e Condições - Betfair Brasil". 2022-08-18. Retrieved 2022-10-05.

[7] "Rail&Fly Portugal – Termos e Condições" (PDF). TAP Portugal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-19. Retrieved 2014-03-19.

[8] "Rail & Fly". Frankfurt Airport. Archived from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.

[9] "Air Moldova - Air & Rail Austria". Retrieved 17 October 2016.

[10] "Emirates - Rail & Fly in Austria". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 21 October 2016.

[11] "Air China - HSR". SkyTeam. Retrieved 28 November 2011.

[12] "TGVair". Air France. Retrieved 28 November 2011.

[13] "Gulf Air and French National Railway SNCF commence codeshare". AMEINFO. Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 28 November 2011.

[14] "Air Canada/Via Rail reprotection agreement". Air Canada. Retrieved 28 November 2011.

[15] "Media release: DB prepared for flight restrictions". Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 28 November 2011.