Submitting Airline Data via the Internet, 41580-41597 [2010-16637]

Agencies

• Office of the Secretary
• DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 136 (Friday, July 16, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 41580-41597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16637]



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Part II





Department of Transportation





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14 CFR Parts 217, 234, 241, et al.



Submitting Airline Data via the Internet; Final Rule

Federal Register / Vol. 75 , No. 136 / Friday, July 16, 2010 / Rules 
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

14 CFR Parts 217, 234, 241, 248, 250, 291, 298, and 385

[Docket No. OST 2006-26053]
RIN 2139-AA11


Submitting Airline Data via the Internet

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation requires U.S. air 
carriers to submit their recurrent financial, traffic, operational and 
consumer data reports electronically via the Internet using the comma 
separated value (CSV) file format or a PDF file for reports that are 
not entered into a database such as signed certifications, transmittal 
letters, and annual reports. This rule will enhance security of the 
data submissions, eliminate air carriers' fax and mailing costs, 
eliminate the need for the Department to manually enter hardcopy data 
submissions, and provide reporting air carriers with immediate 
notification and a receipt from the Department that the report was 
received. This action is taken on the Department's initiative.

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline 
Information, RTS-42, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Research and 
Innovative Technology Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 
Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone Number (202) 366-4387, Fax Number 
(202) 366-3383 or e-mail bernard.stankus@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access

    A copy of the proposed rule, copies of the public comments, and an 
electronic copy of this final rule may be downloaded at https://www.regulations.gov, by searching docket OST 2006-26053.

Background

    Receiving and processing aviation data are essential business 
processes for the Department of Transportation (DOT). To increase data 
collection and processing efficiencies and reduce the burden and costs 
of the filing process for both the air carriers and the government, all 
recurrent aviation data, that are collected by the Research and 
Innovative Technology Administration's (RITA's) Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics (BTS), must be submitted electronically (e-
filing). The new e-filing system is designed to be user friendly. E-
filing via the Internet is more secure than submitting files as 
attachments to e-mails. Carrier-designated personnel will be given a 
user name and password that will enable them to access the BTS e-filing 
system and meet their reporting obligations by either attaching a comma 
separated value or PDF file. To assist U.S. and foreign air carriers 
that may not be familiar with the CSV file format, BTS is providing on 
its Web site downloadable Excel forms that the air carriers may 
complete and save in the CSV format to meet the filing requirements. A 
significant advantage of e-filing is that it does not have the size 
limit constraints encountered by attachments to e-mail submissions. E-
filing provides the submitters with a confirmation acknowledgement and 
a receipt that the filing has been received by BTS. E-filing will 
eliminate the need for BTS to manually enter hardcopy records into its 
various databases. E-filing also reduces the possibility of human error 
in manual data entry.

Comments

    The Department issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to require 
airlines to submit their recurrent financial, traffic, operational, and 
consumer reports to BTS via the Internet on December 20, 2006, (71 FR 
76226). Comments were received from Air Transport Association of 
America, Inc. (ATA); United Parcel Service, Co. (UPS); American 
Airlines, Inc.; Eugene M. Schulman; Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom, 
LLC; and Ameristar Air Cargo. On January 12, 2007, following a 
telephonic inquiry by Ruel Lacanienta, a senior analyst with American 
Airlines, American Airlines sent its comments to RITA in an e-mail 
submission. RITA placed the American Airlines comments in the docket.
    The comments, with the exception of Miller, Hamilton, Snider & 
Odom, fully support the Department's proposal to collect aviation data 
via the Internet.
    ATA believes that: (1) BTS should be able to release aviation data 
to the public on a timelier schedule by eliminating the need to 
manually enter data. (2) Since the Department has proposed a phased e-
filing requirement for the various data collections, carriers should be 
given 90-days advance notice with the relevant technical and process 
details to comply with the filing deadline. (3) The Department should 
incorporate a data submission grace period as new data sets become 
subject to e-filing in case of unforeseen problems. (4) Respondents 
should receive immediate confirmation of data transmittal success or 
failure. (5) Confidentiality in the data transfer process should be 
maintained and the Department should ensure its ability to hold certain 
data elements confidential, as is done today when specific types of 
data are filed with petitions for confidential treatment. (6) The 
Department should hold a stakeholder meeting before the new 
requirements are implemented.
    The Department is in agreement with most of ATA's comments. BTS 
anticipates a reduction in the time to process the quarterly financial 
data. However, the reduction in the processing time may not be 
immediate. We anticipate that the reduction should be realized within 
three reporting cycles. International T-100 and T-100(f) traffic data 
are restricted from public release for a 6-month period; therefore, 
while e-filing will reduce processing time, e-filing will not advance 
the public release of international traffic data. U.S. air carrier 
traffic data between two foreign points are restricted from public 
release for three years, so e-filing will not impact the release of 
these data. We do not anticipate reducing the lag time for the release 
of on-time data, which are already released on an accelerated basis.
    We agree with the ATA request for a 90-day lead time for 
implementation of the rules requirements for e-filing. The reporting 
elements are not changing and the Department will only be requiring the 
use of a comma separated values (CSV) or portable document format (PDF) 
file format in submitting the same data elements that are now being 
reported. CSV is a delimited data format that has fields/columns 
separated by the comma character and records/rows separated by new 
lines. The Department believes that this change in reporting does not 
represent a significant burden for the affected air carriers. The 90-
day lead time will allow carriers to test their new data transmission 
procedures.
    The ATA commented that there could be ``unforeseen problems'' with 
the e-filing system and asked DOT incorporate a grace period for each 
filing deadline. Section 385.19(f), delegates the Director of the 
Office of Airline Information (OAI), BTS, authority to grant air 
carriers extensions of the due dates for filing required aviation 
reports. In response to the ATA comment, the Department is amending 
part 385.19(f) to include foreign air carriers to that delegated 
authority so that foreign air carriers may also file a request for an 
extension. This will help assure that the administrative process 
provides all carriers sufficient lead time to convert to the CSV 
format. If an air carrier or

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foreign air carrier encounters unforeseen problems that will delay the 
implementation of e-filing, an affected carrier may submit a request 
for an extension of the scheduled due date. As a reminder, the 
regulations require that requests for filing extensions must be 
submitted at least 3 days in advance of the report's due date.
    As to ATA's comment that respondents should receive immediate 
confirmation of data transmittal success or failure, the e-filing 
system is designed so that the submitter of reports will receive an 
immediate confirmation that the reports were received. It should be 
noted that carriers that submit an ``acceptable'' report may later be 
directed to revise the report due to errors identified in an in-depth 
data quality review performed by the BTS data administrators.
    In its comments, ATA noted that confidentiality in the data process 
should be maintained and the Department should be able to ensure that 
certain data elements remain confidential, as is done today.
    The Department agrees with ATA that the current treatment of 
confidential data should be retained in the new system for transmitting 
data. Also, UPS requests clarification of the treatment of confidential 
information including the airframe and aircraft engine cost data 
reported on Form 41, Schedules B-43 Inventory of Airframes and Aircraft 
Engines and B-7 Airframes and Aircraft Engines Acquisitions and 
Retirements.
    The e-filing system will not adversely affect the public 
withholding of confidential data. It will, however, result in a burden 
reduction for air carriers requesting confidential treatment, by 
relieving them of the requirement to submit a redacted version of their 
data submission. Under the e-filing system, the party requesting 
confidential treatment will submit a formal motion for confidential 
treatment to both DOT Dockets and the appropriate DOT Group E-mail 
Address for the affected data base. These e-mails will alert the 
public, through Dockets, that confidential treatment has been requested 
and the data base administrator that special handling of the data 
submission is required. Motions for confidential treatment must 
continue to adhere to the requirements found in DOT's Rules of Practice 
in Proceedings, which are contained in Title 14 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations Part 302.12, Objections to public disclosure of 
information. After submitting the motion for confidential treatment, 
the air carrier will transmit a complete e-file data submission that 
contains both confidential and non-confidential data. BTS will then 
validate the entire file and withhold the designated confidential data 
from public release pending a decision from DOT on the carrier's 
motion.
    The E-mail Addresses for contacting the data base administrators 
are:

298c.Support@dot.gov....................  (PART 298--Form 298-C Financial reports).
F41Financials.Support@dot.gov...........  (PART 241--Form 41 Financial reports).
ODsurvey.Support@dot.gov................  (PART 241--Passenger Origin & Destination Survey reports).
OnTime.Support@dot.gov..................  (PART 234--ASQP `On-Time' and `Mishandled Baggage' reports).
Form251.Support@dot.gov.................  (PART 251--Passengers Denied Confirmed Space--denied boarding--reports).
T100f.Support@dot.gov...................  (PART 217--Form 41 Schedule T100(f) Foreign Air Carrier Traffic reports).
T100.AK.Support@dot.gov.................  (Alaskan Air Carrier WEEKLY T100 reports).
T100.Support@dot.gov....................  (PART 241--Form T100 U.S. Air Carrier Traffic reports).
Form291.Support@dot.gov.................  (PART 291--Statement of Operations--Section 41103 Operations reports).
Part248Audit.Support@dot.gov............  (PART 248--Annual Audit reports).
OAI.eSubmit.Support@dot.gov.............  (To request a user account and other general inquiries).
 

    The Department agrees with ATA's comment as to the value of holding 
a stakeholders meeting prior to the initial submission of data. We will 
schedule a meeting for reporting carriers at the DOT Headquarters 
Building and announce the meeting in the Federal Register. An E-filing 
User Guide and other instructional materials will be distributed at the 
meeting and the material also will be available on the BTS Web site at: 
https://www.bts.gov/programs/airline_information/efiling.
    American Airlines supports the Department's e-filing initiative and 
requests that the Department offer the secure file transfer protocol 
(SFTP) for delivery of large files to reduce the manual intervention 
required for large files. While this mode of delivery is not currently 
available due to higher workload priorities and limited staff 
resources, BTS does plan to implement the SFTP mode of delivery in the 
future.
    The Director of Operations at Ameristar Air Cargo commented that e-
filing is a long overdue convenience for the airlines.
    Lester Bridgeman of the law firm Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom 
commented that the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) includes no 
specific e-filing formats for foreign air carriers. Mr. Bridgeman has 
concerns that the NPRM may not be in compliance with 5 U.S.C. sec. 
553(b)(3) which requires a NPRM to provide either the term or the 
substance of the proposed rule or a description of the subjects and 
issues involved.
    DOT believes it met the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3). In the 
NPRM, the Department proposed two options for foreign air carriers to 
submit their T-100(f) reports via the Internet. The carriers could 
either complete the schedule on a Web-based form, or they could attach 
a file when they log into the new system. The substance of the NPRM was 
that carriers would be required to submit their reports to DOT through 
a secured Internet site. There is no change to the underlying reporting 
elements.
    In the final rule, BTS decided that foreign carriers will be 
required to submit their reports through a secured Internet site using 
a comma separated value (CSV) file format. To assist foreign air 
carriers that may be unfamiliar with CSV files, BTS is placing a 
downloadable spreadsheet with the required data elements for the 
Schedule T-100(f) report on the RITA Web site along with documentation 
on the required file format and file naming convention. Foreign 
carriers may populate the spreadsheet and save it in the CSV format, 
and attach the saved file for e-filing.
    The schedule for implementing e-filing is:

October 1, 2010

    (1) Part 234 Airline Service Quality Performance (ASQP) reports 
(both on-time data and mishandled baggage reports--due November 15, 
2010.
    (2) Part 217 T-100(f)--Foreign Air Carrier Traffic Data by Nonstop 
Segment and on-Flight Market--due November 30, 2010.
    (3) Part 241 T-100--U.S. Air Carrier Traffic and Capacity Data by 
Nonstop Segment and On-Flight Market--due November 30, 2010.
    (4) Part 241 Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report--due 
February 15, 2011.
    (5) Part 241 Form 41 schedules:


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P-12(a) Fuel Consumption by Type of Service and Entity--due November 
20, 2010.
P-1(a) Interim Operations Report--due November 30, 2010.
P-10 Employment Statistics by Labor Category--due February 20, 2011.
A Certification (PDF file)--due February 10, 2011.
B-1 and B-1.1 Balance Sheet--due February 10, 2011.
P-1.1 and P-1.2 Statement of Operations--due February 10, 2011.
P-2 Notes to BTS Form 41 Report (PDF file)--due February 10, 2011.
P-5.1 and P-5.2 Aircraft Operating Expenses--due February 10, 2011.
P-6 Operating Expenses by Objective Groupings--due February 10, 2011.
P-7 Operating Expenses by Functional Groupings--due February 10, 2011.
B-7 Airframe and Aircraft Engine Acquisitions and Retirements--due 
February 10, 2011.
B-12 Statement of Changes in Financial Position (PDF file)--due 
February 10, 2011.
T-8 Report of All-Cargo Operations--due March 30, 2011.
B-43 Inventory of Airframes and Aircraft Engines--due March 30, 2011.

    (6) Part/Form 251--Report of Passengers Denied Confirmed Space--due 
January 30, 2011.
    (7) Part/Form 291--A Statement of Operations for Section 41103 
Operations--due February 10, 2011.

January 1, 2011

    (1) Part/Form 248--Audit Reports--the earliest carriers are 
required to report via e-filing is February 15, 2011.
    (2) Part 298 Form 298-C, Schedules F-1--Report of Financial Data, 
and F-2--Report of Aircraft Operating Expenses and Related Statistics--
May 10, 2011.
    Part 248 Audit Reports are due at BTS within 15 days after the due 
date of the appropriate periodic BTS Form 41 report filed for the 12-
month period covered by the audit report or the date the accountant 
submits an audit report to the air carrier, whichever is later.
    Carriers may volunteer to start e-filing before the dates listed 
above by contacting the e-mail address for the data base administrator. 
BTS welcomes carriers to submit a trial version of e-filing before the 
initial due date for required e-filing submission. In order to retain 
consistent data, carriers will submit their reports both by e-filing 
and their current mode of delivery until one cycle of the e-filed 
report is completed successfully. Once completed successfully, e-filing 
will be the only accepted means of delivery.
    Selected Alaskan carriers are currently participating in an e-
filing pilot program for submitting their T-100 traffic data. These 
carriers are allowed to logon to the RITA Web site and electronically 
submit T-100 market and/or segment data. The Web application uploads 
the files to an isolated secure location on a Pilot Server, logs the 
receipt, and sends an acknowledgement to the submitter.
    Depending on the form, an air carrier will attach either a CSV or 
PDF file to meet its reporting obligation. For ``free form'' reports, 
such as the BTS Schedule B-12, Statement of changes in Financial 
Position, and P-2 Notes to BTS Form 41, carriers will attach a PDF file 
to meet their reporting obligations. The signed certifications for 
Forms 41 and 298-C, the On-time Data and Mishandled Baggage Reports 
certification and transmittal letters, and the transmittal letter for 
the Passenger Origin-Destination Survey will also be delivered as PDF 
files.
    An Accounting and Reporting Directive that specifies the required 
file format is being published with the final rule.
    The e-filing system performs user authentication, validates filer 
information and checks the file name extension for the format of the 
data to be uploaded, uploads the files to an isolated secure location, 
logs the receipt of the data report, and transmits an acknowledgement 
of receipt to the sender. The URL of the BTS E-Filing Center is https://eSubmit.rita.dot.gov. The URL will automatically redirect the user to a 
secure portal (http).
    In updating the regulatory language in Appendix A to SEC. 19-7--
INSTRUCTIONS TO AIR CARRIERS FOR COLLECTING AND REPORTING PASSENGER 
ORIGIN-DESTINATION SURVEY STATISTICS, the Department is removing the 
language in the Appendix which referred to ``magnetic tapes'' and ADP 
(automatic data processing) instructions. Technology advances have 
rendered this regulatory language obsolete and thus, the Department is 
removing the obsolete language. In addition, in updating the regulatory 
language in 14 CFR Part 241.25, the Department is removing the portion 
of the Appendix that contains instructions pertaining to magnetic tape 
specifications, record layouts for microcomputer diskettes and 
mainframe reporting. Technology advances have rendered this regulatory 
language obsolete and thus, the Department is removing the obsolete 
language. The Department is moving the two remaining paragraphs, the 
discussion of reporting concept (paragraph l) and joint-service 
operations (paragraph i), to 14 CFR 241.19-2.

Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

A. Executive Order No. 12866: Regulatory and Planning Review

    Under Executive Order No. 12866, (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993) the 
Agency must determine whether the regulatory action is ``significant'' 
and therefore subject to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review 
and the requirements of the Executive Order. The Order defines 
``significant regulatory action'' as one that is likely to result in a 
rule that may (1) have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million 
or more or adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of 
the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public 
health or safety, or State, local, or Tribal governments or 
communities; (2) create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere 
with an action taken or planned by another agency; (3) materially alter 
the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan 
programs or the rights and obligations of recipients thereof; or (4) 
raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the 
President's priorities, or the principles set forth in the Executive 
Order.
    It has been determined that this proposed action is not a 
``significant regulatory action'' under Executive Order No. 12866 and 
was not reviewed by OMB.

B. Paperwork Reduction Act

    This action does not add any additional reporting burden to air 
carriers, as the reported elements are unchanged. In fact, this rule 
will lessen the compliance costs for Respondents by reducing 
Respondents' mailing costs. In addition, this action will enhance data 
security and save government costs by eliminating the need for the BTS 
to manually enter hardcopy data submissions. Finally, this rule will 
provide air carriers with immediate submission notification and a 
receipt that the BTS has received the data.

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act generally requires an agency to 
prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule subject to 
notice-and-comment rulemaking requirements under the Administrative 
Procedure Act or any other statute unless the agency certifies that the 
rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial 
number of small entities.

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    I certify that no small entity will experience a significant 
adverse economic impact from this rule.

D. Executive Order 12612

    This rule has been analyzed in accordance with the principles and 
criteria in Executive Order 12612 (``Federalism'') and BTS has 
determined that this rule does not have sufficient federalism 
implications to warrant the preparation of a Federalism Assessment.

E. Trade Agreements Act

    This act prohibits agencies from setting standards that create 
unnecessary obstacles to foreign commerce of the United States. The 
department has taken special steps to ease the transition for foreign 
air carriers to e-submission. BTS is providing a Web application which 
the carrier may use to save data in the CSV format for e-submission. E-
submission should reduce air carrier compliance costs.

F. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

    This Act requires agencies to prepare written assessment of costs, 
benefits, and other effects of a proposed rule that include a Federal 
mandate likely to result in the expenditure by State, local, or Tribal 
government. This rule imposes no expenditures on State, local, or 
Tribal government.

G. Regulation Identifier Number

    A regulation identifier number (RIN) is assigned to each regulatory 
action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations. The 
Regulatory Information Service Center publishes the Unified Agenda each 
April and October. The RIN Number 2139-AA11 contained in the heading of 
this document can be used to cross reference this action with the 
Unified Agenda.
Cost/Benefit Analysis
    The benefits of e-filing primarily lie in business process 
improvement, data quality improvement, strengthened security, and 
automatic notification to late filers. As the system rolls out, the 
following savings are anticipated:
    Air carriers that use a delivery service to deliver the required 
reports to BTS will save the cost of that service. BTS estimates the 
industry savings at $1,095 annually (100 submissions at an average cost 
of $10.95 per submission). Most carriers will use their Web browsers to 
download their reports to BTS, thus, reducing work-time by eliminating 
the need to type hard copy reports and address and package the 
submission.
    RITA/BTS savings are estimated at one fourth of a full-time 
employee (FTE) for a data administrator or approximately $65,000 (GS 11 
salary and operations cost) and an additional $165,000 savings in data 
processing and data administration manually keying data.
    Qualitatively, the e-filing project aims to lay the foundation for 
continuous data quality management through process improvements 
utilizing automatic editing of the electronically submitted data. Other 
benefits of the new system are: (1) Filings will be performed 
electronically using an e-filing portal. (2) There will be a 
standardized CVS file format. (3) Carriers will receive an automated 
receipt when files are submitted. (4) BTS will reduce the time needed 
to load carrier submissions into data bases. (5) There will be an 
automatic log and submission record management system, including e-mail 
capability and a Web application to display the submission status, 
track the submitted data (including originals and revisions), and log 
in major events in processing. (6) Automatic e-mails will alert air 
carriers when they have a delinquent report.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Parts 217, 241, 250, 291, and 298

    Administrative practices and procedures, Air carriers, Air taxis, 
Consumer Protection, Freight, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 
and Uniform system of accounts.

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Accordingly, the Department of Transportation amends 14 CFR Chapter II 
as follows:

PART 217--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 217 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 329 and chapters 41102, 41301, 41708, and 
41709.


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2. In Sec.  217.3, paragraph (e) is revised to read as follows:


Sec.  217.3  Reporting requirements.

* * * * *
    (e) Reports required by this section shall be submitted to the 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics in a format specified in accounting 
and reporting directives issued by the Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics' Director of Airline Information.

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3. In Sec.  217.10:
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a. Paragraphs (a) and (b) are revised;
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b. Paragraph (a)(3) of the appendix is revised;
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c. Paragraph (a)(7) of the appendix is removed and reserved;
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d. Paragraph (e) introductory text of the appendix is revised; and
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e. Paragraphs (f) and (j) are removed and reserved.
    The revisions read as follows:


Sec.  217.10  Instructions.

    (a) Reports required by this section shall be submitted to the 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics in a format specified in accounting 
and reporting directives issued by the Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics' Director of Airline Information.
    (b) The detailed instructions for preparing Schedule T-100(f) are 
contained in the appendix to this section.

Appendix to Section 217.10 of 14 CFR Part 217--Instructions to Foreign 
Air Carriers for Reporting Traffic Data on Form 41 Schedule T-100(F)

    (a) * * *
    (3) Reports required by this section shall be submitted to the 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics in a format specified in 
accounting and reporting directives issued by the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics' Director of Airline Information.
* * * * *
    (e) Preparation of Schedule T-100 (f):
* * * * *

PART 241--[AMENDED]

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4. The authority citation for part 241 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 329 and chapters 41101, 41708, and 41709.


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5. Section 1-8 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 1-8  Address for reports and correspondence.

    Reports required by this section shall be submitted to the Bureau 
of Transportation Statistics in a format specified in accounting and 
reporting directives issued by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' 
Director of Airline Information.

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6. Section 19-1 (c) is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 19-1  Applicability.

* * * * *
    (c) Reports required by this section shall be submitted to the 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics in a format specified in accounting 
and reporting directives issued by the Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics' Director of Airline Information.
* * * * *

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7. Section 19-2 is amended by adding paragraphs (d), (e), and (f) to 
read as follows:


Sec. 19-2  Maintenance of data.

* * * * *
    (d) Schedule T-100 collects summarized flight stage data and on-

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flight market data. All traffic statistics shall be compiled in terms 
of each revenue flight stage as actually performed. The detail T-100 
data shall be maintained in a manner permitting monthly summarization 
and organization into two basic groupings: The nonstop segment 
information that must be summarized by equipment type, within class of 
service, within pair-of-points, without regard to individual flight 
numbers. The second grouping requires that the enplanement/deplanement 
information be broken out into separate units called ``on-flight market 
records.'' These records must be summarized by class of service, within 
pair-of-points, without regard for equipment type or flight number.
    (e) The Department may authorize joint-service operations between 
two direct air carriers. Examples of these joint-services are blocked-
space agreements, part-charter agreements, code-share agreements, wet-
lease agreements, and other similar arrangements. Joint services 
operations are reported by the air carrier in operational control of 
the aircraft. The traffic moving under these agreements is reported on 
Schedule T-100 the same way as any other traffic on the aircraft.
    (f) Any questions regarding T-100 should be e-mailed to 
T100.Support@dot.gov.

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8. Section 19-7 is amended by:
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a. Adding a new sentence to the end of paragraph (a);
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b. Revising paragraph (b);
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c. Revising appendix A to section 19-7 introductory text;
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d. Revising paragraph C, removing and reserving paragraph D, and 
revising paragraph E of section IV of Appendix A to section 19-7;
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e. Revising paragraph B of section VI of Appendix A to section 19-7; 
and
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f. Removing and reserving sections IX and XI of Appendix A to section 
19-7.
    The addition and revisions read as follows:


Sec. 19-7  Passenger origin-destination survey.

    (a) * * * Copies of these Instructions and Directives are available 
on the BTS Web page at (https://www.bts.gov/programs/airline_information/).
    (b) Reports required by this section shall be submitted to the 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics in a format specified in accounting 
and reporting directives issued by the Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics' Director of Airline Information.
* * * * *

Appendix A to Sec.  19-7--Instructions to Air Carriers for Collecting 
and Reporting Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Statistics

    All questions, comments, extension and waiver requests should be 
e-mailed to ODsurvey.Support@dot.gov.
* * * * *

IV. Submission of Reports

* * * * *
    C. Format of the Report. Reports required by this section shall 
be submitted to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics in a format 
specified in accounting and reporting directives issued by the 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Director of Airline 
Information.
    D. [Reserved]
    E. All reports shall be filed with the Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics in a format specified in accounting and reporting 
directives issued by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' 
Director of Airline Information.
* * * * *

VI. Summarization of Recorded Data

* * * * *
    B. Rules for Summarization. Sort the recorded entries into 
sequence by the entire record (excluding the passenger field) i.e., 
by origin, complete routing (including fare-basis codes), tickets 
destination, and dollar value of ticket. All identical records are 
then to be combined into one summary record. The number of 
passengers on the summary record is to be the sum of the passenger 
amounts of all the individual records combined. Passengers are only 
summarized where records are identical in all respects except in the 
number of passengers including dollar value of ticket. Note: Do not 
summarize dollars over identical records. This summarization is to 
include the entries from group tickets, but only after the entries 
for group tickets with 11 or more passengers have been summarized 
and divided by 10, as stated in Section V.D.(2)(d).
* * * * *

Section 21 [Amended]

0
9. In section 21, paragraphs (e) and (f) are removed and reserved.

0
10. Section 23, schedule B-12, is amended by adding paragraph (i) to 
read as follows:

Section 23 Certification and Balance Sheet Elements

* * * * *

Schedule B-12--Statement of Cash Flows

* * * * *
    (i) Carriers shall submit Schedule B-12 in a format specified in 
accounting and reporting directives issued by the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics' Director of Airline Information.
* * * * *

0
11. Section 24, Schedule P-2, paragraph (a) is revised to read as 
follows:

Section 24 Profit and Loss Elements

* * * * *

Schedule P-2--Notes to BTS Form 41 Report

    (a) This schedule shall be filed quarterly by all Group II and 
Group III air carriers and Group I air carriers with annual revenues of 
$20 million or more. Carriers shall submit Schedule P-2 in a format 
specified in accounting and reporting directives issued by the Bureau 
of Transportation Statistics' Director of Airline Information.
* * * * *

Section 25 [Amended]

0
12. In section 25 remove and reserve paragraph (b), remove Schedule T-
100(f), and remove Appendix to Section 241.25 of CFR Part 241--
Instructions To U.S. Air Carriers For Reporting Traffic And Capacity 
Data On Form 41 Schedule T-100.

PART 248--[AMENDED]

0
13. The authority citation for part 248 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 329 and chapters 41102, 41708, and 41709.


0
14. Amend Sec.  248.2 by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:


Sec.  248.2  Filing of audit reports.

* * * * *
    (c) Carriers shall submit their audit reports or their statement 
that no audit was performed in a format specified in accounting and 
reporting directives issued by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' 
Director of Airline Information.
* * * * *

PART 250--[AMENDED]

0
15. The authority citation for part 250 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 329 and chapters 41102, 41301, 41708, 
41709, and 41712.


0
16. Amend Sec.  250.10 by designating the existing test as paragraph 
(a) and adding paragraph (b) as to read follows:


Sec.  250.10  Report of passengers denied confirmed space.

* * * * *
    (b) Reports required by this section shall be submitted to the 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics in a format specified in accounting 
and reporting directives issued by the Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics' Director of Airlines Information.
* * * * *

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PART 291--[AMENDED]

0
17. The authority citation for part 291 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 329 and chapters 41103, 41708 and 41709.


0
18. In Sec.  291.42, revise paragraph (a) (2) to read as follows:


Sec.  291.42  Section 41103 financial and traffic reporting.

    (a) * * *
    (2) Reports required by this section shall be submitted to the 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics in a format specified in accounting 
and reporting directives issued by the Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics' Director of Airline Information.
* * * * *

0
19. In Sec.  291.45, revise paragraph (e) (2) to read as follows:


Sec.  291.45  BTS Schedule T-100, U.S. Air Carrier Traffic and Capacity 
by Nonstop Segment and On-Flight Market.

* * * * *
    (e) * * *
    (2) Carrier, Carrier entity code. Each air carrier shall report its 
name and entity code (a five digit code assigned by BTS that identifies 
both the air carrier and its entity) for its particular operations. The 
Office of Airline Information (OAI) will assign or confirm codes upon 
request. Such requests should be transmitted by e-mail to 
T100.Support@DOT.gov.
* * * * *

PART 298--[AMENDED]

0
20. The authority citation for part 298 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 329 and chapters 41102, 41708, and 41709.


0
21. In Sec.  298.60, paragraph (c) is revised and paragraphs (d) and 
(e) are removed.
    The revision reads as follows:


Sec.  298.60  General reporting instructions.

* * * * *
    (c) Reports required by this section shall be submitted to the 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics in a format specified in accounting 
and reporting directives issued by the Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics' Director of Airline Information.


Sec.  298.61  [Amended]

0
22. In Sec.  298.61, remove Appendix to Sec.  298.61--Instructions to 
U.S. Air Carriers for Reporting Traffic and Capacity Data on Schedule 
T-100.

PART 385--[AMENDED]

0
23. The authority citation for part 385 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 329 and chapters 40101, 41101, 41301, and 
41701.

0
24. In Sec.  385.19, paragraph (f) is revised to read as follows:


Sec.  385.19  Authority of the Director, Office of Aviation 
Information, Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

* * * * *
    (f) Grant or deny a request by an air carrier or foreign air 
carrier for an extension of a filing date for reports required by 
subchapters A and D of this chapter.
* * * * *

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 1, 2010.
Peter H. Appel,
Administrator, Research and Innovative Technology Administration.

    Note: The following appendix will not appear in the Code of 
Federal Regulations.


DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS
OFFICE OF AIRLINE INFORMATION
ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING DIRECTIVE
RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION

No. 293 Issue Date: 6-23-2010 Effective Date: 10-1-2010

1. E-filing

    This Accounting and Reporting Directive gives detailed 
instructions for the file format for submitting recurrent reports 
via a secured Web portal using a comma separated vales (CSV) of the 
already required data or a PDF file. CSV is a delimited data format 
that has fields/columns separated by the comma character and 
records/rows separated by new lines.

PART 241--Form T100

Traffic and Capacity Statistics Segment Report

REQUIREMENTS

RECORD DESCRIPTION: T100--Traffic and Capacity Statistics for Segment 
Report

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Field description         Data type                Length                 Comments              Sample data
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Data Type          Character               1                       One letter code (S)     S
Entity code        Character               5                       Five character code     0A050
                                                                    assigned by DOT
Year of Data       Numeric                 4                       Year (CCYY)             2010
Month of Data      Numeric                 2                       Month (MM)              03
Origin Airport     Character               3                       Three letter OAG        BWI
                                                                    airport code
Destination        Character               3                       Three letter OAG        LAS
 Airport                                                            airport code
Service Class      Character               1                       One letter service      F
                                                                    class code: F, G, L,
                                                                    N, P, R, H
Segment Aircraft   Numeric                 3                       DOT assigned three      698
 Type                                                               numeric aircraft type
                                                                    code
Segment Cabin      Numeric                 1                       One numeric aircraft    1
 Configuration                                                      cabin configuration
                                                                    code: 1,2,3,4
Segment            Numeric                 5                       Up to five numeric      25
 Departures                                                         departures performed
 Performed
Segment Available  Numeric                 10                      Up to ten numeric,      125000000
 Capacity                                                           reported in pounds
Segment Available  Numeric                 7                       Up to seven numeric,    1250
 Seats                                                              aircraft seating
                                                                    capacity
Segment            Numeric                 7                       Up to seven numeric,    922
 Passengers                                                         reported transported
 Transported                                                        passengers
Segment Freight    Numeric                 10                      Up to ten numeric,      25338
 Transported                                                        freight reported in
                                                                    pounds
Segment Mail       Numeric                 10                      Up to ten numeric,      989
 Transported                                                        mail reported in
                                                                    pounds
Segment Scheduled  Numeric                 5                       Up to five numeric      23
 Departures                                                         scheduled departures
Segment Ramp to    Numeric                 10                      Up to ten numeric,      789
 Ramp Minutes                                                       reported in minutes
Segment Airborne   Numeric                 10                      Up to ten numeric,      685
 Minutes                                                            reported in minutes
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RECORD FORMAT:

    The T100--Traffic and Capacity Statistics for Segment data 
reports must be created as an electronic ``comma separated values'' 
file, using ASCII text character encoding, for uploading via the 
``eSubmit'' application.
    The comma separated values file MUST BE indicated when naming 
the file, by using the letters [CSV] or [csv] following the file 
name, as the file name extension.
    The file name is flexible and may be determined by the 
individual air carrier, but the comma separated values (csv) file 
format

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is required, as outlined in the rule entitled, Submitting Airline 
Data via the Internet.
    The fields in the sample record shown below follow the same 
order as the above record description, separated by commas, and 
saved with the file name extension of .csv.
    Suggested file name: XX201003-T100SEG.csv

Sample Record Format:

    S,0A050,2010,03,BWI,LAS,F,698,1,25,12500000,1250,922,25338,989,23
,789,685

PART 217--T100(f) Certification

REQUIREMENTS

RECORD DESCRIPTION/INSTRUCTIONS: T100(f) Certification

    A certification statement is required identifying an appropriate 
official of the reporting carrier. The certification statement will 
read:
    Carrier Name:
    Address:
    Homeland:
    (Homeland is the name of the country under the laws of which air 
carrier organized.)
    Carrier Code:
    Report Date (Year/Month):

    I, the undersigned, do certify that this report has been 
prepared under my direction in accordance with the regulations in 
14CFR Part 217. I affirm that, to the best of my knowledge and 
belief, this is a true, correct and complete report.

    Date:

    Signature:

    Name (Please Print or Type):
    Title:
    Telephone Number:

    Name of Person Who Prepared Report:
    Telephone Number:
    E-mail Address:

RECORD FORMAT:

    Once signed, the T100(f) Certification must be published as an 
electronic ``portable document format'' file format, for uploading 
to the eSubmit application.
    The portable document format file MUST BE indicated when naming 
the file, by using the letters [PDF] or [pdf] following the file 
name, as the file name extension. You must have Adobe Reader 
software downloaded on your computer in order to ``save as/print'' 
your document as a ``pdf'' file.
    While the file name is flexible and may be determined by the 
individual air carrier, the portable document format (pdf) file 
format is required, as outlined in the rule entitled, Submitting 
Airline Data via the Internet.
    Suggested file name: XXX201003-217T100fCert.pdf

PART 217--T100 (f) Foreign Air Carrier Traffic Data

REQUIREMENTS

RECORD DESCRIPTION: T100 (f) Foreign Air Carrier Traffic Data

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Field description         Data type                Length                 Comments              Sample data
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Carrier Code       Character               3                       2 or 3 digit Carrier    BA
                                                                    Code
Year and Month of  Numeric                 6                       Format: YYYYMM          200612
 Data                                                              YYYY = century and
                                                                    year; Format: MM: 01
                                                                    = January 12 =
                                                                    December
Origin Airport     Character               3                       The three letter OAG    IAH
                                                                    code identifying the
                                                                    airport.
Destination        Character               3                       The three letter OAG    LGW
 Airport                                                            code identifying the
                                                                    airport.
Service Class      Character               1                       One letter service      F
                                                                    class code:
                                                                   F, G, L, N, P, R, H
Segment Aircraft   Number                  4                       The 1st 3 characters    6271
 Type and Cabin                                                     identify the type of
 Configuration                                                      aircraft used on the
                                                                    non-stop segment.
                                                                   The 4th character is    .....................
                                                                    used to identify the
                                                                    type of cabin
                                                                    configuration:
                                                                   1--Passenger
                                                                   2--Cargo
                                                                   3--Passenger/Cargo
Segment            Number                  Up to 5                 Up to five numeric      49
 Departures                                                         Revenue departures
 Performed                                                          performed
Segment            Number                  Up to 10                Up to seven numeric,    6707
 Passengers                                                         reported transported
                                                                    passengers
Segment Freight    Number                  Up to 10                Up to ten numeric,      521842
                                                                    freight reported in
                                                                    kilos
Segment Available  Number                  Up to 7                 Up to seven numeric,    10976
 Seats                                                              aircraft seating
                                                                    capacity
Segment Available  Number                  Up to 10                Up to ten numeric,      1903195
 Capacity                                                           reported in kilos
Market Passengers  Number                  Up to 10                Up to seven numbers     6707
                                                                    Enplaned passengers
Market Freight     Number                  Up to 10                Up to ten numbers,      521842
                                                                    reported in kilos
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RECORD FORMAT:

    The T100(f) Foreign Air Carrier Traffic Data reports must be 
created as an electronic ``comma separated values'' file, using 
ASCII text character encoding, for uploading via the ``eSubmit'' 
application.
    The comma separated values file MUST BE indicated when naming 
the file, by using the letters [CSV] or [csv] following the file 
name, as the file name extension.
    The file name is flexible and may be determined by the 
individual air carrier, but the comma separated values (csv) file 
format is required, as outlined in the rule entitled, Submitting 
Airline Data via the Internet.
    The fields in the sample record shown below follow the same 
order as the above record description, separated by commas, and 
saved with the file name extension of .csv.
    Suggested file name: XXX201003-T100F.csv

Sample Record Format:

    BA,200612,IAH,DTW,F,6261,30,1647,17137,5670,772500,0,0
    BA,200612,IAH,LGW,F,6271,49,6707,521842,10976,1903195,6707,521842

    BA,200612,IAH,LHR,F,0,0,0,0,0,0,1643,12935

PART 241--T100--Alaskan Air Carrier Weekly Traffic and Capacity Data 
Report

REQUIREMENTS

RECORD DESCRIPTION: T100--Alaskan Air Carrier Weekly Segment and Market 
Report

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Field description         Data type                Length                 Comments              Sample data
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Data Type          Character               1                       One letter code (S)     S
Entity code        Character               5                       Five character code     06000
                                                                    assigned by DOT
Year of Data       Numeric                 4                       Year (CCYY)             2010
Month of Data      Numeric                 2                       Month (MM)              05
Day of Service     Numeric                 2                       Day of month the        27
                                                                    service was
                                                                    performed--for use by
                                                                    USPS Only
Origin Airport     Character               3                       Three letter OAG        FAI
                                                                    airport code

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Destination        Character               3                       Three letter OAG        GAL
 Airport                                                            airport code
Service Class      Character               1                       One letter service      F
                                                                    class code: F, G, L,
                                                                    N, P, R
Segment Aircraft   Numeric                 3                       DOT assigned three      405
 Type                                                               numeric aircraft type
                                                                    code
Segment Cabin      Numeric                 1                       One numeric aircraft    3
 Configuration                                                      cabin configuration
                                                                    code: 1, 2, 3, 4
Segment            Numeric                 5                       Up to five numeric      1
 Departures                                                         departures performed
 Performed
Segment Available  Numeric                 10                      Up to ten numeric,      3793
 Capacity                                                           reported in pounds
Segment Available  Numeric                 7                       Up to seven numeric,    16
 Seats                                                              aircraft seating
                                                                    capacity
Segment            Numeric                 7                       Up to seven numeric,    3
 Passengers                                                         reported transported
 Transported                                                        passengers
Segment Freight    Numeric                 10                      Up to ten numeric,      239
 Transported                                                        freight reported in
                                                                    pounds
Segment Mail       Numeric                 10                      Up to ten numeric,      1106
 Transported                                                        mail reported in
                                                                    pounds
Segment Scheduled  Numeric                 5                       Scheduled departures    1
 Departures
Segment Ramp-to-   Numeric                 10                      Up to ten numeric,      72
 Ramp time                                                          reported in minutes
Segment Airborne   Numeric                 10                      Up to ten numeric,      60
 time in minutes                                                    reported in minutes
DOT Certification  Numeric                 3                       Values are: 135, 121--  121
                                                                    for use by USPS Only
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RECORD FORMAT:

    The T100--Alaskan Air Carrier Weekly Segment Report reports must 
be created as an electronic ``comma separated values'' file, using 
ASCII text character encoding, for uploading via the ``eSubmit'' 
application.
    The comma separated values file MUST BE indicated when naming 
the file, by using the letters [CSV] or [csv] following the file 
name, as the file name extension.
    The file name is flexible and may be determined by the 
individual air carrier, but the comma separated values (csv) file 
format is required, as outlined in the rule entitled, Submitting 
Airline Data via the Internet.
    The fields in the sample record shown below follow the same 
order as the above record description, separated by commas, and 
saved with the file name extension of .csv.
    Suggested file name: XX20100528-T100AKSEG.csv

Sample Record Format:

    S,06000,2010,05,27,FAI,GAL,F,405,3,1,3793,16,3,239,1106,1,72,60,1
21

PART 241--T100-Alaskan Air Carrier Weekly Market Report

REQUIREMENTS

RECORD DESCRIPTION: T100--Alaskan Air Carrier Traffic and Capacity 
Data--On-Flight Market

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Field description         Data type                Length                 Comments              Sample data
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Data Type          Character               1                       One letter code (M)     M
Entity code        Character               5                       Five character code     06000
                                                                    assigned by DOT
Year of Data       Numeric                 4                       Year (CCYY)             2010
Month of Data      Numeric                 2                       Month (MM)              05
Day of Service     Numeric                 2                       Day of month the        27
                                                                    service was
                                                                    performed--for use by
                                                                    USPS Only
Origin Airport     Character               3                       Three letter OAG        FAI
                                                                    airport code
Destination        Character               3                       Three letter OAG        GAL
 Airport                                                            airport code
Service Class      Character               1                       One letter service      F
                                                                    class code: F, G, L,
                                                                    N, P, R
Market Passengers  Numeric                 7                       Up to seven numeric,    3
 enplaned                                                           reported market
                                                                    passengers
Market Freight     Numeric                 10                      Up to ten numeric,      239
 Enplaned                                                           reported in pounds
Market Mail        Numeric                 10                      Up to ten numeric,      1000
 Enplaned                                                           reported in pounds
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RECORD FORMAT:

    The T100--Alaskan Air Carrier Weekly Market Report reports must 
be created as an electronic ``comma separated values'' file, using 
ASCII text character encoding, for uploading via the ``eSubmit'' 
application.
    The comma separated values file MUST BE indicated when naming 
the file, by using the letters [CSV] or [csv] following the file 
name, as the file name extension.
    The file name is flexible and may be determined by the 
individual air carrier, but the comma separated values (csv) file 
format is required, as outlined in the rule entitled, Submitting 
Airline Data via the Internet.
    The fields in the sample record shown below follow the same 
order as the above record description, separated by commas, and 
saved with the file name extension of .csv.
    Suggested file name: XX201003-T100AKMKT.csv

Sample Record Format:

    M,06000,2010,05,27,FAI,GAL,F,3,239,1000

PART 241--U.S. Carrier Origin-Destination Survey Transmittal Letter

REQUIREMENTS

RECORD DESCRIPTION/INSTRUCTIONS: Origin-Destination Survey Transmittal 
Letter--U.S. Carriers

    Full name of airline:
    Reporting period:
    A certification statement for the Origin and Destination Survey 
Report is required identifying an appropriate official of the 
reporting carrier. This statement certifies that:
I --------------------------------------,------------------------------
 (Name)
and ------------------------------------,------------------------------
 (Title)
of the above named carrier, certify that the information in this 
transmittal letter is to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, 
correct and a complete report for the period stated.

    Total Number of records:

    Total Number of passengers:

    Date:

    Signature:

    Name (Please Print or Type):

RECORD FORMAT:

    Once signed, the Origin-Destination Survey Transmittal Letter 
must be published as an electronic ``portable document format'' file 
format, for uploading to the eSubmit application.
    The portable document format file MUST BE indicated when naming 
the file, by using the letters [PDF] or [pdf] following the file 
name, as the file name extension. You must have Adobe Reader 
software downloaded on your computer in order to ``save as/print'' 
your document as a `pdf' file.
    While the file name is flexible and may be determined by the 
individual air carrier, the portable document format (pdf) file 
format is required, as outlined in the rule entitled, Submitting 
Airline Data via the Internet.


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File name: XX201003-ONDtransmittal.pdf
NOTE:
XX = Carrier 2 letter code
2010 = Year of report
03 = Quarter of report (First Quarter) 06 = (Second Quarter) 09 = 
(Third Quarter) 12 = (Fourth Quarter)

PART 241--Foreign Carrier Origin-Destination Survey Transmittal Letter

REQUIREMENTS

    RECORD DESCRIPTION/INSTRUCTIONS: Origin-Destination Survey 
Transmittal Letter--Foreign Carriers

Full name of airline:

Reporting period:

    A certification statement for the Origin and Destination Survey 
Report is required identifying an appropriate official of the 
reporting carrier. This statement certifies that:
I --------------------------------------,------------------------------
 (Name)
and ------------------------------------,------------------------------
 (Title)
of the above named carrier, certify that the information in this 
transmittal letter is to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, 
correct and a complete report for the period stated.

    Total Number of records:

    Total Number of passengers:

    Date:

    Signature:

    Name (Please Print or Type):

RECORD FORMAT:

    Once signed, the Origin-Destination Survey Transmittal Letter 
must be published as an electronic ``portable document format'' file 
format, for uploading to the eSubmit application.
    The portable document format file MUST BE indicated when naming 
the file, by using the letters [PDF] or [pdf] following the file 
name, as the file name extension. You must have Adobe Reader 
software downloaded on your computer in order to ``save as/print'' 
your document as a `pdf' file.
    While the file name is flexible and may be determined by the 
individual air carrier, the portable document format (pdf) file 
format is required, as outlined in the rule entitled, Submitting 
Airline Data via the Internet.
    File name: XX201003-FONDtransmittal.pdf

NOTE:
XX = Carrier 2 letter code
2010 = Year of report
03 = Quarter of report (First Quarter), 06 = (Second Quarter), 09 = 
(Third Quarter), and 12 = (Fourth Quarter).

PART 241--Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report

REQUIREMENTS

RECORD DESCRIPTION: Origin-Destination Survey Report--U.S. Carriers

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Field description         Data type                Length                 Comments              Sample data
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Carrier code       Character               2                       IATA code               XX
Year               Numeric                 3                       Date: YYQ               094
                   ......................  ......................  Where `09' = Year:      .....................