[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 251 (Friday, December 30, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 82115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33595]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

14 CFR Part 399

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2010-0140]
RIN 2105-AD92


Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections: Full Fare Price 
Advertising Requirements

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), Department of Transportation 
(DOT).

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: This document confirms the effective date of the direct final 
rule amending the time period for compliance with the full fare and 
other advertising requirements in 14 CFR 399.84 from January 24, 2012, 
to January 26, 2012.

DATES: The effective date for the amendment to 14 CFR 399.84, published 
April 25, 2011, at 76 FR 23110, and delayed July 28, 2011, at 76 FR 
45181, was further delayed until January 26, 2012, at 76 FR 78145. The 
effective date of January 26, 2012 is confirmed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Blane A. Workie, Deputy Assistant 
General Counsel, Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Aviation 
Enforcement and Proceedings, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 
New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590, 202-366-9342 (phone), 202- 
366-7152 (fax), [email protected] (email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Transportation's Office of 
the Secretary (OST) published a direct final rule with a request for 
comments in the Federal Register on December 16, 2011 (76 FR 78145). 
The direct final rule delayed the effective date of the full fare and 
other advertising requirements from January 24, 2012, to January 26, 
2012, to provide regulatory relief to petitioner American Airlines by 
allowing the carrier and any other similarly situated carrier or ticket 
agent to avoid having to update full fare information in on-line 
reservations systems on a day of the week that is the petitioner's, and 
may be other carriers' and ticket agents', heaviest on-line traffic and 
revenue day. OST uses the direct final rulemaking procedure for non-
controversial rules where OST believes that there will be no adverse 
public comment. The direct final rule advised the public that no 
adverse comments were anticipated, and that unless a written adverse 
comment was received by December 23, 2011, the full fare and other 
advertising requirements in 14 CFR 399.84 would become effective on 
January 26, 2011. No adverse comments were received, and thus this 
notice confirms that the direct final rule will become effective on 
that date.

    Issued this 27th day of December 2011, in Washington, DC.
Susan Kurland,
Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2011-33595 Filed 12-29-11; 8:45 am]
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