Order 2002-1-3 - Reports on Significant Airline Service Reductions

Order 2002-1-3 - Reports on Significant Airline Service Reductions - Extending Requirement to File Notices

Reports on Significant Airline Service Reductions

Order 2002-1-3
OST-2001-10711

Issued January 10, 2002
Served January 15, 2002

Order Extending Requirement to File Notices

Reports on Significant Airline Service Reductions

The attacks of September 11 and the resulting traffic declines are still having an impact on airline service throughout the country. We therefore find that it is in the public interest to extend the requirement to file notices, established by Order 2001-9-20, for an additional 90-day period, through March 31, 2002. As noted in Order 2001-9-20 the notices shall be filed in this docket and identify the name of the airline, the community or market affected by the reduction or termination of service, the amount by which capacity or frequency will be reduced, and the date on which the reduction or termination will occur. We are adopting this requirement under 49 U.S.C. 41708, which authorizes us to obtain information and reports from air carriers to the extent that the information is available. While airlines normally announce schedule changes more than fifteen days in advance, in some cases an airline may make a schedule change of the type requiring a report under this order less than fifteen days before the reduction in service takes effect. In that event it would comply with its reporting obligations under this order if it gave us notice of the change as soon as possible.

By: Read Van De Water