[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1085 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1085

  To require air carriers to publish customer service data and flight 
                             delay history.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 11, 2007

   Mr. Thune introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require air carriers to publish customer service data and flight 
                             delay history.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Informed Air Traveler Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. PUBLICATION OF CUSTOMER SERVICE DATA AND FLIGHT DELAY HISTORY.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 417 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 41724. Publication of customer service data and flight delay 
              history
    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of the Informed Air Traveler Act of 2007, the Secretary shall 
promulgate rules that require all passenger air carriers--
            ``(1) to publish customer service data for all passenger 
        flights on, or in conjunction with the issuance of, an airline 
        ticket and on the Internet website of each such air carrier; 
        and
            ``(2) to disclose the on-time performance and cancellation 
        rate for a chronically delayed or chronically canceled flight 
        whenever an individual makes a reservation or purchases a 
        ticket for such flight in person, by telephone, or through an 
        Internet website.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Customer service data.--The term `customer service 
        data' means with respect to an air carrier, information 
        relating to customer service collected by the Secretary for the 
        most recent 12-month period preceding the making of a 
        reservation or the issuance of a ticket. The information shall 
        include the following:
                    ``(A) The percentage of on time departures.
                    ``(B) The average delay on departure.
                    ``(C) The percentage of flights canceled.
                    ``(D) The number of flights with taxi out times of 
                over 2 hours before takeoff.
            ``(2) Chronically delayed flight.--The term `chronically 
        delayed flight' means a regularly scheduled flight that has 
        failed to arrive on time (as such term is defined in section 
        234.2 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations) at least 40 
        percent of the time during the most recent 3-month period for 
        which data is available.
            ``(3) Chronically canceled flight.--The term `chronically 
        canceled flight' means a regularly scheduled flight at least 30 
        percent of the departures of which have been canceled during 
        the most recent 3-month period for which data is available.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 417 of title 
49, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to 
section 41723 the following:

``41724. Publication of customer service data and flight delay 
                            history.''.
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