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B-211518 1 (1983-07-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacsqs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: *-: 64 pUNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE p WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFcC oW GrNERAL COUNSEL 8-211518 July 8, 1983 J;0 Angelo 'S. Puglise, Director Division of Accounting and Finance Office of Resource Management United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Dear Mr. Puglise: . B yletter of-April 13, 1983, you raised a question concerning the scheduling of air travel between New York City and Vienna, 'Austria, to comply with 'the Fly America Act, 49 US.C. 1517. Because your inquiry does not involve a speciftc travel voucher, we are not issuing a formal decision.. However, the following information is provided for your guidance. You p int otIthat e usual:-routing of travelers going to Vienna is hriough Frankfurt, Germahy. T poli to fly by U.S. air carrikr to Frankfurt anid f rom there oomprete the trip to Vienna by foreian aTr Tarrier. You understand that effetive Apor 124, 19'83, Trans World AirlindV (TWA) entered into anagreement with Austrian Airlines under which straight through fli hts from New Ydrk City to Vienna are shown'on TWA schedlies without indicating-anyportion of the trip by a foreign air carrier. Because TWApassengers must still transfer to Austrian Airlines in Frankfurt, just as do passengers of Pan American World Airways (Pan Am), you ask whether travelers are required to use the TWA rather than the Pan Am flight. As-you ind iate theOfficial AirlineGUide does not currently 'list Uhe TWA.flight from New York-i7nder CONNECTIONS but shows it as a through flight aboard TW/OS, i.e., TWA in combinai'on with Austrian Airlines. While this listing may be misleading, it should be sufficient to put -travelers on notice that a foreign air carrier will be used for some portion of the travel. Paragraph 3a of the Comptroller General's Revised Guidelines for ImplemeAtation of the 'Fly America Act', 8-138942, March 31, 1981, requires the use of U.S. air carrier service available at origin to the furtherest practicable interchange point on a usually traveled route. Insofar as the TWA and Pan Am schedules involve travel by I

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