No, The airline is then only acting as an
agent for the new carrier.
Extract from general conditions of carriage.
15g) General
15g1) If we:
issue a ticket for you to be carried on another carrier; or
check in baggage for carriage on another carrier;
we do so only as agent for that carrier. If you have a claim for checked baggage, you may make it against the first or last carrier or against the carrier performing the carriage during which the damage took place.