Title 14 published on 03-May-2017 03:58
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 14 CFR Part 250 after this date.
2016-11-03; vol. 81 # 213 - Thursday, November 3, 2016 81 FR 76800 - Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections III
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Office of the Secretary Final rule. This final rule is effective December 5, 2016. 14 CFR Parts 234, 244, 250, 255, 256, 257, 259, and 399 Summary The Department of Transportation is issuing a third “Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections” final rule to enhance protections for air travelers and to improve the air travel environment as follows: Expanding the pool of reporting carriers for service quality data; requiring reporting carriers to include service quality data for their domestic scheduled flights operated by their code-share partners; enhancing the Department's code-share disclosure regulation to codify the statutory requirement that carriers and ticket agents must disclose any code-share arrangements on their Web sites on the first display presented in response to a search of a requested itinerary for each itinerary involving a code-share operation; and prohibiting undisclosed biasing based on carrier identity by carriers and ticket agents in any electronic displays of the fare, schedule or availability information of multiple carriers. The amendments to the reporting requirements in this rule will ensure that the Department obtains and provides to the public expanded and enhanced service quality data from the airlines. The provision to strengthen the Department's code-share disclosure rule will also enhance air travel consumer protection. Additionally, this final rule corrects certain drafting errors and makes minor changes to the Department's second Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections rule to better reflect the Department's intent. Other topics covered by the proposed rule that are not addressed by this final rule will be addressed in two separate rulemakings. Specifically, the Department will be issuing a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) to seek additional information on the disclosure of fees for basic ancillary services to consumers at all points of sale. The remaining topics discussed in the 2014 notice of proposed rulemaking ( e.g., customer service commitments by large ticket agents, prohibition on post-purchase price increases for ancillary services) will be addressed in another final rule that the Department plans to issue at a later date.
2015-05-27; vol. 80 # 101 - Wednesday, May 27, 2015 80 FR 30144 - Revisions to Denied Boarding Compensation, Domestic Baggage Liability Limits, and Civil Penalty Amounts
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Office of the Secretary Final rule. This rule is effective on August 25, 2015. 14 CFR Parts 250, 254 and 383 Summary In accordance with existing regulations, this final rule raises the maximum denied boarding compensation (DBC) amounts that have been in effect since August 2011, raising the maximum DBC amounts from the current figures of $650/$1,300 to $675/$1,350. Also, in accordance with existing regulations, this final rule raises the minimum liability limit air carriers may impose for mishandled baggage in domestic air transportation, adjusting the minimum limit of liability from the current amount of $3,400 to $3,500. To account for inflation, this rule also raises the maximum civil penalties that can be assessed as a result of DOT aviation enforcement actions for violations of certain economic provisions of Title 49 of the U.S. Code from $2,500 to $2,750.
2014-09-25; vol. 79 # 186 - Thursday, September 25, 2014 79 FR 57489 - Transparency of Airline Ancillary Fees and Other Consumer Protection Issues
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Office of the Secretary Proposed rule; reopening of comment period. The comment period for the proposed rule published on May 23, 2014 (79 FR 29970), is reopened. Comments must be received by September 29, 2014. Comments received after this date will be considered to the extent practicable. 14 CFR Parts 234, 244, 250, 255, 256, 257, 259, and 399 Summary This action reopens the comment period for a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on transparency of airline ancillary fees and other consumer protection issues that was published in the Federal Register on May 23, 2014. We are extending the end of the comment period from September 22, 2014, to September 29, 2014. Open Allies for Airfare Transparency and the Travel Technology Association (Travel Tech) have noted the delay in posting the summary of a meeting attended by DOT staff with representatives of Airlines for America (A4A), the Regional Airline Association (RAA), and several of their member airlines on August 7, 2014. The reopening of the comment period is intended to provide all interested parties sufficient time prior to the close of the comment period for this rulemaking to review the summary of the August 7 meeting that DOT posted in the rulemaking docket.
2014-08-06; vol. 79 # 151 - Wednesday, August 6, 2014 79 FR 45731 - Transparency of Airline Ancillary Fees and Other Consumer Protection Issues
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Office of the Secretary Extension of comment period on proposed rule. Comments must be received by September 22, 2014. Comments received after this date will be considered to the extent practicable. 14 CFR Parts 234, 244, 250, 255, 256, 257, 259, and 399 Summary This action extends the comment period for an NPRM on transparency of airline ancillary fees and other consumer protection issues that was published in the Federal Register on May 23, 2014. The Department of Transportation is extending the period for interested persons to submit comments on this rulemaking from August 21, 2014, to September 22, 2014. This extension is a result of a joint petition filed by a number of airline associations to extend the comment period for the proposal.
2014-05-23; vol. 79 # 100 - Friday, May 23, 2014 79 FR 29970 - Transparency of Airline Ancillary Fees and Other Consumer Protection Issues
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Office of the Secretary Notice of proposed rulemaking. Comments must be received by August 21, 2014. Comments received after this date will be considered to the extent practicable. 14 CFR Parts 234, 244, 250, 255, 256, 257, 259, and 399 Summary The Department is seeking comment on a number of proposals to enhance protections for air travelers and to improve the air travel environment, including a proposal to clarify and codify the Department's interpretation of the statutory definition of “ticket agent.” By codifying the Department's interpretation, the Department intends to ensure that all entities that manipulate fare, schedule, and availability information in response to consumer inquiries and receive a form of compensation are adhering to all of the Department's consumer protection requirements that are applicable to ticket agents such as the full-fare advertising rule and the code-share disclosure rule. This NPRM also proposes to require airlines and ticket agents to disclose at all points of sale the fees for certain basic ancillary services associated with the air transportation consumers are buying or considering buying. Currently, some consumers may be unable to understand the true cost of travel while searching for airfares, due to insufficient information concerning fees for ancillary services. The Department is addressing this problem by proposing that carriers share real-time, accurate fee information for certain optional services with ticket agents. Other proposals in this NPRM to enhance airline passenger protections include: Expanding the pool of “reporting” carriers; requiring enhanced reporting by mainline carriers for their domestic code-share partner operations; requiring large travel agents to adopt minimum customer service standards; codifying the statutory requirement that carriers and ticket agents disclose any airline code-share arrangements on their Web sites; and prohibiting unfair and deceptive practices such as undisclosed biasing in schedule and fare displays and post-purchase price increases. The Department is also considering whether to require ticket agents to disclose the carriers whose tickets they sell in order to avoid having consumers mistakenly believe they are searching all possible flight options for a particular city-pair market when in fact there may be other options available. Additionally, this NPRM would correct drafting errors and make minor changes to the Department's second Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections rule to conform to guidance issued by the Department's Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings (Enforcement Office) regarding its interpretation of the rule.