United Airlines and Air New Zealand expand cooperation to form joint venture partnership

United Airlines and Air New Zealand announced a joint venture revenue-sharing agreement, deepening the partnership between the two airlines, which are both members of Star Alliance. Under the new revenue-sharing agreement, the carriers will more closely coordinate sales and marketing in order to offer their mutual customers more travel options between the mainland U.S. and New Zealand, as well as to other destinations throughout the airlines’ route networks. The arrangement will begin when United launches its nonstop service between San Francisco and Auckland on July 1st, 2016, subject to government approval.