Agents will soon be able to book passengers onto American Airlines and Iberia flights to the US using www.ba.com.
The move follows a deal between the oneworld alliance members that has now been given the green light by the US and EU authorities.
British Airways could not give a date for when agents will be able to make the cross bookings, which is set to prove particularly useful to business travel agents, but said it would be soon.
by Dinah Hatch
