And how would he sort out the issue of liability in a crash caused by a pilot from one of the other partner airlines?

Others argue that the federal government should be more flexible in allowing consolidation or coordination of prices and routes among partner airlines.

The partner airlines thus may not necessarily sell their tickets on the same flight for the same price.

Because some flights were on partner airlines, we couldn't collect all of our miles.

Codeshare agreements with foreign partner airlines are in place for several international routes.

Passengers who are members of one airline's executive club program can use the lounges of a partner airline.

Is there any way to combine Delta and American miles for award travel on a partner airline?

The system is not yet fully workable for booking travel on partner airlines.

Airlines' own customers invariably have priority over members of partner airlines' programs.

The partner airlines operate 150 aircraft throughout Europe, with 5,700 flights and 379,660 available seats per week.