[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 4]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR257.5]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

   CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)

 

PART 257_DISCLOSURE OF CODE-SHARING ARRANGEMENTS AND LONG-TERM WET 

LEASES--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 257.5  Notice requirement.



    (a) Notice in schedules. In written or electronic schedule 

information provided by carriers in the United States to the public, the 

Official Airline Guides and comparable publications, and, where 

applicable, computer reservations systems, carriers involved in code-

sharing arrangements or long-term wet leases shall ensure that each 

flight in scheduled passenger air transportation on which the designator 

code is not that of the transporting carrier is identified by an 

asterisk or other easily identifiable mark and that the corporate name 

of the transporting carrier and any other name under which that service 

is held out to the public is also disclosed.

    (b) Oral notice to prospective consumers. In any direct oral 

communication in the United States with a prospective consumer and in 

any telephone calls placed from the United States concerning a flight 

that is part of a code-sharing arrangement or long-term wet lease, a 

ticket agent doing business in the United States or a carrier shall tell 

the consumer, before booking transportation, that the transporting 

carrier is not the carrier whose designator code will appear on the 

ticket and shall identify the transporting carrier by its corporate name 

and any other name under which that service is held out to the public.

    (c) Written notice. Except as specified in paragraph (c)(3) of this 

section, at the time of purchase, each selling carrier or ticket agent 

shall provide each consumer of scheduled passenger air transportation 

sold in the United States that involves a code-sharing arrangement or 

long-term wet lease with the following notice:

    (1) If an itinerary is issued, there shall appear in conjunction 

with the listing of any flight segment on which the designator code is 

not that of the transporting carrier a legend that states ``Operated 

by'' followed by the corporate name of the transporting carrier and any 

other name in which that service is held out to the public. In the case 

of single-flight-number service involving a segment or segments on which 

the designator code is not that of the transporting carrier, the notice 

shall clearly identify the segment or segments and the transporting 

carrier by its corporate name and any other name in which that service 

is held out to the public. The following form of statement will satisfy



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the requirement of this paragraph (c)(1):



    Important Notice: Service between XYZ City and ABC City will be 

operated by Jane Doe Airlines d/b/a QRS Express.



    (2) If no itinerary is issued, the selling carrier or ticket agent 

shall provide a separate written notice that clearly identifies the 

transporting carrier by its corporate name and any other name under 

which that service is held out to the public for any flight segment on 

which the designator code is not that of the transporting carrier. The 

following form of notice will satisfy the requirement of this paragraph 

(c)(2):



    Important Notice: Service between XYZ City and ABC City will be 

operated by Jane Doe Airlines d/b/a QRS Express.



    (3) If transportation is purchased far enough in advance of travel 

to allow for advance delivery of the ticket by mail or otherwise, the 

written notice required by this part shall be delivered in advance along 

with the ticket. If time does not allow for advance delivery of the 

ticket, or in the case of ticketless travel, the written notice required 

by this part shall be provided no later than the time that they check in 

at the airport for the first flight in their itinerary.

    (4) At the purchaser's request, the notice required by this part may 

be delivered in person or by telecopier, electronic mail, or any other 

reliable method of transmitting written material.

    (d) In any printed advertisement published in or mailed to or from 

the United States (including those published through the Internet) for 

service in a city-pair market that is provided under a code-sharing 

arrangement or long-term wet lease, the advertisement shall prominently 

disclose that the advertised service may involve travel on another 

carrier and clearly indicate the nature of the service in reasonably 

sized type and shall identify all potential transporting carriers 

involved in the markets being advertised by corporate name and by any 

other name under which that service is held out to the public. In any 

radio or television advertisement broadcast in the United States for 

service in a city-pair market that is provided under a code-sharing or 

long-term wet lease, the advertisement shall include at least a generic 

disclosure statement, such as ``Some services are provided by other 

airlines.''



[64 FR 12851, Mar. 15, 1999, as amended at 70 FR 44851, Aug. 4, 2005]