Midwest Airlines is extending its codeshare agreement with Northwest Airlines, which has a minority stake in Midwest, to include nonstop Northwest routes from Indianapolis to Austin, Texas; Boston; Denver; Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Ft. Myers, Fla.; Hartford, Conn.; Raleigh/Durham, N.C.; and San Antonio. The new service more than doubles the existing codeshare destinations served from Indianapolis.
Under the codeshare agreement, passengers can book their entire flight on a single ticket, with all segments earning mileage credit in either the Midwest Miles or Northwest WorldPerks frequent flyer programs. Service between Indianapolis and Las Vegas; Los Angeles; Orlando, Fla.; San Francisco; Seattle/Tacoma; and Tampa, Fla. is already part of the codeshare agreement. An earlier phase of the codeshare included Midwest service between Milwaukee and Kansas City to major West Coast cities, where passengers can connect to Northwest flights to points in Hawaii.
The codeshare agreement between Midwest and Northwest is expected to greatly expand the networks of both carriers by adding 250 city pairs and more than 1,000 new flight options.