Data Reporting for Requires reporting carriers to separately report data for their  Domestic Code-Share domestic scheduled flights operated by their code-share Partner Operations partners: On-time Performance o Mishandled Baggage o Oversales o Allows a simplified data report for on-time performance of  code-share flights if the operating carrier of the flights is a reporting carrier itself. Transparency in Display Amends the Department’s code-share disclosure regulation  of Code-Share to codify the statutory requirement that carriers and ticket Operations as Required agents must disclose any code-share arrangements on their by websites. 49 U.S.C. Requires disclosure on the first display presented in o 41712(c) response to a search of a requested itinerary for each itinerary involving a code-share operation. Disclosure must be in a format that is easily visible to o a viewer. Adopts a simplified format for display of code-share  disclosures via mobile websites and apps by permitting disclosure of only corporate name of the operating carrier  Enhances code-share disclosure in oral communication by requiring the disclosure be provided at the first time the flight is offered by a carrier or ticket agent or inquired by a consumer. Prohibition of Prohibits undisclosed biasing by carriers and ticket agents in  Undisclosed Bias any online displays of the fare, schedule or availability information of multiple carriers. Summary of Regulatory Analysis The Final Regulatory Evaluation examined the economic impact, in terms of all benefits accruing to airline passengers, and costs to U.S. and foreign air carriers and other entities regulated under this proceeding. Although benefits could not be quantified and monetized with reasonable accuracy for the provisions in the rule, benefits were evaluated qualitatively for all provisions. Meanwhile, the total discounted costs which could be monetized over a 10-year period could only be robustly estimated for Provisions 1 and 2. The costs of Provisions 1 and 2 are estimated to total $7.74 million over ten years, which amounts to an annualized cost of $0.96
Data Reporting for Domestic Code-Share Partner Operations  Requires reporting carriers to separately report data for their domestic scheduled flights operated by their code-share partners: o On-time Performance o Mishandled Baggage o Oversales  Allows a simplified data report for on-time performance of code-share flights if the operating carrier of the flights is a reporting carrier itself. Transparency in Display of Code-Share Operations as Required by 49 U.S.C. 41712(c)  Amends the Department’s code-share disclosure regulation to codify the statutory requirement that carriers and ticket agents must disclose any code-share arrangements on their websites. o Requires disclosure on the first display presented in response to a search of a requested itinerary for each itinerary involving a code-share operation. o Disclosure must be in a format that is easily visible to a viewer.  Adopts a simplified format for display of code-share disclosures via mobile websites and apps by permitting disclosure of only corporate name of the operating carrier  Enhances code-share disclosure in oral communication by requiring the disclosure be provided at the first time the flight is offered by a carrier or ticket agent or inquired by a consumer. Prohibition of Undisclosed Bias  Prohibits undisclosed biasing by carriers and ticket agents in any online displays of the fare, schedule or availability information of multiple carriers. Summary of Regulatory Analysis The Final Regulatory Evaluation examined the economic impact, in terms of all benefits accruing to airline passengers, and costs to U.S. and foreign air carriers and other entities regulated under this proceeding. Although benefits could not be quantified and monetized with reasonable accuracy for the provisions in the rule, benefits were evaluated qualitatively for all provisions. Meanwhile, the total discounted costs which could be monetized over a 10-year period could only be robustly estimated for Provisions 1 and 2. The costs of Provisions 1 and 2 are estimated to total $7.74 million over ten years, which amounts to an annualized cost of $0.96
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