Its most visible partner is United, with which it operates a code-sharing agreement.

An Antalya-Frankfurt route was added in 2001 through a code-sharing agreement with Sun Express.

The Department of Transportation has approved two such code-sharing agreements this year, both of which took effect in time for the summer travel season.

Talks on the code-sharing agreement began in earnest about a month ago.

But any Delta flights operated by other airlines with which the line has a code-sharing agreement are not governed by Delta's policy.

It also said its frequent-flier program would remain intact, as would code-sharing agreements with its airline partners.

However, various code-sharing agreements mean that other stopovers and routings through the South Pacific are possible.

United and US Airways operate some flights together under a code-sharing agreement.

The code-sharing agreement gives the carrier connections with 250 more cities served by USAir.

He added that he expected the government to approve the code-sharing agreement.