Fly America Act

Generally, all flights charged to federal projects must be taken on U.S. flag air carriers or on foreign air

carriers that code share with a U.S. flag carrier on the flight taken. The Fly America Act also includes

flights within the U.S.

Compliance is signified by the United States Flag Air Carrier’s code which must be noted as part of the flight

number on the airline ticket or passenger receipt. Each airline has a two letter alpha code. For example, United

Airlines has a code of “UA”. On an airline ticket or passenger receipt, this two digit code is designated just to the

left of the flight number (e.g. UA 10). From the list of U.S. Flag Air Carriers below, you will be able to compare

airline codes on the ticket with those on the list and ascertain whether or not the flight is on a U.S. Flag Air Carrier.

When booking a flight for international travel, please advise that the flight must conform to “fly America,” and the

boarding pass and/or itinerary must reference the US flag air carrier.

If there is no U.S. carrier to the destination, travel must be on a U.S. carrier as far as possible. By law,

additional cost for a U.S. carrier flight is not sufficient justification to fly on foreign carriers.

Should Oklahoma State University pay for a visitor's flight via federal funds, this travel is also subject to

Fly America.

Current listing of U.S. Flag Air Carrier and Code Share Alliances:

U.S. Carriers and their foreign Code Share partners providing services to major cities in Africa, Asia,

Australia, Europe, and South America:

 Alaska Airlines

(AS)

 American

Airlines (AA)

 United Airlines

(UA)

 Airtran (AS)

 America West

 ATA

 Frontier (F9)

 Continental (CO)

 Northwest

 Southwest (SW)

 Spirit (NK)

 US Airways (US)

 Delta Airlines

(DL)

Star Alliance –(US Airways and United)

 Aoria

 Aegean

 Air Canada

 Air China

 Air India

 Air New Zealand

 ANA



Asiana Airlines

 Austrian

 Avianca

 Brussels Airlines

 Copa Airlines

 Croatia Airline

 Egyptair

 Ethiopian Air

 EVA Air

 Lot Polish

Airlines

 Lufthansa

 Scandinavian

Airlines

 Shenzhen

Airlines

 Singapore

Airlines

 South African

Airways

 Swiss

 Air Portugal

 THAI

 Turkish Airlines

 United

One World Alliance (American Airlines)

 Airbelin

 American

Airlines

 British Airways

 Cathay Pacific

 Finnair

 Iberia

 Japan Airlines

 Latam

 Qatar Airways

 Malaysia Airlines

 Qantas

 Srilankan

 Royal Jordanian

 S7 Airlines

SkyTeam Alliance (Delta Airlines, Northwest, and Continental)

 Aeroflot

 Aerilineas

Argentinas

 AeroMexico

 Air Europe

 Air France

 Alitalia

 China Airlines

 China Eastern

 China Southern

 Czech Airlines

 Delta

 Garuda Indonesia

 Kenya Airways

 KLM

 Korean Air

 MEA

 Saudia

 Tarom



Vietnam Airlines

 Xiamenair

For Domestic Travel and Travel to Canada

 Airtran Airways

(FL)

 Alaska Airlines

(AS)

 America West

Airlines (HP)

 American

Airlines (AA)

 American Trans

Air (TZ)

 Delta Airlines

(DL)

 Frontier Airlines

(F9)

 Hawaiian Airlines

(HA)

 Jet Blue (B6)

 Midwest Express

(YX)

 Southwest

Airlines (WN)

 Spirit Airlines

(NK)

 United Airlines

(UA)

 US Airways (US)

 Virgin America (

Open Skies Exceptions

The biggest exception to the Fly America Act is the Open Skies Agreement. The United States and other

Countries have entered into the “Open Skies Agreement. In this agreement, qualifying travelers, whose

travel is paid by federal funds, may travel on airlines based in countries where the US and that country has

an Open Skies agreement as well as U.S. flag air carriers as published by the U.S. General Services

Administration providing full explanation of the multilateral agreement in place so that qualifying travelers,

whose travel is supported by federal funds, may travel on airlines as well as U.S. flag air carriers.

Important Note: The Open Skies Agreements do not apply if travel is funded by the Department of

Defense (DOD) or by a department of the U.S. Military. Travel funded by the DOD or by a U.S. military

department must be on a U.S. flag air carrier.