II 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1085 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 A BILL To require air carriers to publish customer service data and flight delay history.

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Short title

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

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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:

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. .