[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 121 (Friday, June 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 33607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15697]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Bureau of Transportation Statistics


Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Activity Under OMB 
Review; Airline Service Quality Performance

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) , this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for extension of currently 
approved collections. The ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its expected burden. The Federal Register notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection 
of information was published on September 22, 2000 (65 FR 57426).

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by July 23, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline 
Information, K-25, Room 4125, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone Number (202) 
366-4387, Fax Number (202) 366-3383 or EMAIL [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

    Title: Airline Service Quality Performance.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2138-0041.
    Forms: Part 234.
    Affected Public: U.S. air carriers that provide scheduled passenger 
service and account for at least one percent of U.S. domestic schedule 
passenger revenues.

Consumer Information

    Part 234 gives air travelers information concerning their chances 
of on-time flights and the rate of mishandled baggage by the eleven 
largest scheduled domestic passenger carriers and Aloha Airlines. This 
information is made available to the public in the Air Travel Consumer 
Report and on the web at http:www.dot.gov/airconsumer. The Air Travel 
Consumer Report is also sent to newspapers, magazines, and trade 
journals. Other on-time data is available on the web at 
http:www.bts.gov.

Reducing and Identifying Traffic Delays

    The Federal Aviation Administrations uses part 234 data to pinpoint 
and analyze air traffic delays. Wheels-up and wheels-down times are 
used in conjunction with departure and arrival times to show the extent 
of ground delays. Actual elapsed flight time, wheels-down minus wheels-
up time, is compared to scheduled elapsed flight time to identify 
airborne delays. The reporting of aircraft tail number allows the FAA 
to track an aircraft through the air network, which enables the FAA to 
study the ripple effects of delays at hub airports. The data can be 
analyzed for airport design changes, new equipment purchases, the 
planning of new runways or airports based on current and projected 
airport delays, and traffic levels.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1,728 hours.
    ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, 
NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention BTS Desk Officer.

Comments

    Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Department concerning consumer protection. Comments should address 
whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of 
the Department's estimate of the burden of the proposed information 
collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 18, 2001.
Donald W. Bright,
Assistant Director, Office of Airline Information.
[FR Doc. 01-15697 Filed 6-21-01; 8:45 am]
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