United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-08-05 monographic deposited born digital 59 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-930 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-930 P0b002ee1803a4a54 f:d05930 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-930 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-930 GAO-05-930 Air transportation Airline security Airlines Audit reports Aviation Aviation security Internal controls International cooperation International relations Program evaluation Program management Safety regulation Safety standards Transportation safety Transportation security Code-Share Safety Program FAA International Aviation Safety Assessment Program Other Written Product A32157

U.S. airlines are increasingly relying on code-share partnerships with foreign carriers to provide additional sources of revenue. Code-sharing is a marketing arrangement in which an airline places its designator code on a flight operated by another airline and sells and issues tickets for that flight. To determine whether the foreign code-share partners of U.S. airlines meet an acceptable level of safety, in 2000, the Department of Transportation (DOT) established the Code-Share Safety Program, which requires U.S. airlines to conduct safety audits of their foreign code-share partners as a condition of code-share authorization. GAO's objective was to assess the federal government's efforts to provide reasonable assurance of safety and security on foreign code-share flights. GAO reviewed (1) the extent to which DOT's code-share authorization process is designed to consider safety and security, (2) the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) management of the Code-Share Safety Program, and (3) the implementation of the program by airlines and the results. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-930/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-930.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-930/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-930.pdf GAO-05-930 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-930 Other Written Product GAO-05-930; Aviation Safety: Oversight of Foreign Code-Share Safety Program Should Be Strengthened; Air transportation Airline security Airlines Audit reports Aviation Aviation security Internal controls International cooperation International relations Program evaluation Program management Safety regulation Safety standards Transportation safety Transportation security Code-Share Safety Program FAA International Aviation Safety Assessment Program Title 49 Section 40101 Title 49 Section 41309 Title 49 Section 44906 Title 49 Section 44907 49 U.S.C. 40101 49 U.S.C. 41309 49 U.S.C. 44906 49 U.S.C. 44907 Public Law 99-661