BA, AA and Iberia unveil trilateral agreement

American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia officially announced their trilateral relationship at a press conference today.

The airlines' respective CEOs met in London to unveil details of the partnership, which will see the launch of four new routes next April.

BA will launch London Heathrow to San Diego flights, American will start New York JFK to Budapest and Chicago to Helsinki, and Iberia is adding Madrid to Los Angeles.

The airlines have also placed codeshares on a number of additional routes.

American will add its code to 322 BA and Iberia flights serving 101 destinations, BA will add its code to 2063 American and Iberia flights serving 181 destinations and Iberia will add its code to 354 American and BA flights serving 96 destinations.

Further codeshare agreements are expected in the future.

BA chief executive Willie Walsh said: "Combined selling and scheduling means that we will able to operate routes that would not have been viable for us to operate individually.

"This partnership will provide a one-stop shop for transatlantic travel regardless of how you book, which of our airlines you fly with or where you want to transfer".