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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', 'art 399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', '§399', 'art 399', '§399', '§377', 'art 293', 'art 241', '§399', '§298', 'art 234', 'art 234', '§399']

Title 14 → Chapter II → Subchapter F → Part 399
Subpart A—Applicability and Effects of Policy Statements
§399.1 Applicability.
§399.2 Exclusions.
§399.3 Statements in other Department documents.
§399.4 Nature and effect of policy statements.
§399.5 Arrangement of policy statements.
Subpart B—Policies Relating to Operating Authority
§§399.10-399.11 [Reserved]
§399.12 Negotiation by air carriers for landing rights in foreign countries.
§§399.13-399.17 [Reserved]
§399.18 Maximum duration of fixed-term route authorization granted by exemption; renewal of such authority.
§399.19 [Reserved]
§399.21 Charter exemptions (except military).
Subpart C—Policies Relating to Rates and Tariffs
§399.35 Special tariff permission.
§399.36 Unreasonable discrimination.
§399.39 Equipment purchase deposits.
Appendix A to Subpart C of Part 399—Example of SIFL Adjustment
Subpart E—Policies Relating to Hearing Matters
§399.60 Standards for determining priorities of hearing.
§399.61 Presentations of public and civic bodies in route proceedings.
§399.62 Target dates in hearing cases.
§399.63 Role of staff in route proceedings.
Subpart F—Policies Relating to Rulemaking Proceedings
§399.70 Cross-references to the Office of the Secretary's Rulemaking Procedures.
§399.73 Definition of small business for Regulatory Flexibility Act.
§399.80 Unfair and deceptive practices of ticket agents.
§399.81 Unrealistic or deceptive scheduling.
§399.82 Passing off of carrier identity by affiliation between carriers.
§399.83 Unfair or deceptive practice of air carrier, foreign air carrier, or ticket agent in orally confirming to prospective passenger reserved space on scheduled flights.
§399.84 Price advertising and opt-out provisions.
§399.86 Payments for non-air transportation services for air cargo.
§399.87 Baggage allowances and fees.
§399.88 Prohibition on post-purchase price increase.
§399.89 Disclosure of potential for price increase before payment.
Subpart H—Other Policies Relating to Interests, Activities, and Relationships of Air Carriers
§399.91 Air carrier participation in programs of technical assistance to airlines of less developed countries.
Subpart K—Policies Relating to Certificate Duration
§399.120 Duration of certificates in limited-entry markets.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 41712
Source: PS-21, 29 FR 1446, Jan. 29, 1964, unless otherwise noted.
Editorial Note: Nomenclature changes to part 399 appear at 84 FR 15947, Apr. 16, 2019.
All statements of general policy adopted by the Department for the guidance of the public will be published in this part, except as provided in §399.2.
The following types of policies are generally not included in this part:
(a) Policies relating solely to the internal management of the Department;
(b) Policies requiring secrecy in the public interest or in the interest of national defense;
(c) Policies that are repetitive of 49 U.S.C. 40101;
(d) Policies that are fully expressed in a procedural or substantive rule of the Department, or in any opinion, decision, order, certificate, permit, exemption, or waiver of the Department;
(e) Expressions of encouragement or admonition to industry to follow a certain course of action;
(f) Positions on legislative items and on other matters that are outside the scope of the Department's current statutory powers and duties.
[PS-21, 29 FR 1446, Jan. 29, 1964, as amended by PS-63, 40 FR 6643, Feb. 13, 1975, Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15947, Apr. 16, 2019]
No statement contained in any Department opinion, decision, order, certificate, permit, exemption, or waiver shall be considered a statement of policy within the meaning of this part, even though such statements may constitute a precedent in future cases or declare future policy to be followed in like cases. Similarly, a denial by the Department or relief sought, or statements of the Department's reasons for failure to issue a rule upon which rulemaking proceedings have been commenced shall not be considered statements of policy, except to the extent that it is specifically stated that such denial or failure is based upon a policy thereafter to be followed.
Policy statements published in this part will be observed by the Department until rescinded, but any policy may be amended from time to time as experience or changing conditions may require. Changes in policy may be made with or without advance notice to the public and will become effective upon publication in the Federal Register unless otherwise provided. If it appears to the Department, in its consideration of any matter before it, that the application of a policy published in this part would run counter to an express provision of law or policy enunciated by Congress in 49 U.S.C., the published policy shall not be applicable to such matter.
[PS-21, 29 FR 1446, Jan. 29, 1964, as amended by Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15947, Apr. 16, 2019]
The statements of general policy relating to the various duties and functions of the Department are grouped according to subject matter in the following subparts; the titles of the subparts indicate the general subject matter included therein.
(a) It is the policy of the Department(jointly with the Department of State) that, as a general rule, landing rights abroad for United States flag air carriers will be acquired through negotiation by the U.S. Government with foreign governments rather than by direct negotiation between an air carrier and a foreign government.
(b) It is corollary to the foregoing policy that no United States air carrier may avail itself of representations by one foreign government to further its interest with another foreign government, especially with respect to landing rights, except insofar as such representations have been specifically authorized by the U.S. Government.
It is the policy of the Department to limit the duration of exemptions which authorize fixed-term route service to a maximum period of two years, and to entertain requests for renewal of such authority only when incorporated in a duly filed application for substantially equivalent certificate authority under section 401 of the Act. (See §377.10(c) of this chapter (Special Regulations).)
In deciding applications for exemptions from section 41102 of Title 49 of the United States Code by air carriers seeking to perform charter service in air transportation, we will give primary weight to the chartering public's own assessment of the air carrier services that best meet its transportation needs. Therefore, we will not, as a general rule, consider as relevant to our decision on such applications, objections based upon (1) offers by the objectors to perform the charter service, and/or (2) estimates of revenue or traffic diversion, unless in the latter case the objectors demonstrate that the diversion resulting from grant of the exemption would threaten their ability to fulfill their certificate obligations.
[PS-78, 43 FR 31886, July 24, 1978, as amended at 60 FR 43531, Aug. 22, 1995]
The Secretary of Transportation may approve, under such terms as the Secretary may require, a carrier's application for Special Tariff Permission to file a tariff for foreign air transportation required under part 293 of this chapter on less than the notice required by 49 U.S.C. 41504(b).
[Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15947, Apr. 16, 2019]
(1) Unreasonable discrimination means unjust discrimination or unreasonable preference or prejudice; and
(2) Rate means rate, fare, or charge.
(b) Except in unusual circumstances or as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, the Departmentwill find a rate for domestic air transportation to constitute unreasonable discrimination only if:
(c) A rate that discriminates on the basis of the status of the traffic carried will not be presumed to be unreasonably discriminatory, unless the use of the status categories in question is contrary to established national anti-discrimination policy.
[PS-93, 45 FR 36062, May 29, 1980]
Equipment purchase deposits are advance payments made by air carriers to manufacturers for the purchase of equipment to be delivered in the future, or funds segregated by air carriers for this purpose. It is the policy of the Department not to recognize equipment purchase deposits in an air carrier's investment base for ratemaking purposes. When equipment is acquired by an air carrier and placed in air-transport service, the Department will recognize in the air carrier's investment base interest on purchase deposits on such equipment capitalized and amortized in accordance with the Uniform System of Accounts and Reports for Certificated Air Carriers (part 241 of this chapter).
[PS-32, 32 FR 5370, Mar. 30, 1967]
[Methodology for determining change in operating expense per available seat-mile]
Year ended September 1979
Trunks plus locals
Total passenger/cargo16
Total operating expense1 (millions) $16,455 $2,522 $18,977 $19,384
All-cargo expenses2 269 269 269
Belly offset3 952 153 1,105 1,153
Nonscheduled4 141 46 187 205
Transport related5 379 31 410 416
Plus: Capitalized lease adjustment10 119 2 121 121
Passenger operating expense 14,833 2,294 17,127 17,462
Passenger fuel cost11 4,103 N.A.
Scheduled service ASM's (mils.) 281,671 33,051 314,722 318,459
Passenger nonfuel operating expense per ASM (dollars) .04138 N.A.
Passenger fuel expense per ASM (dollars) .01304 N.A.
Total passenger expense per ASM (dollars) .05442 .05483
Year ended September 1978
Total operating expense1 (millions) 14,081 2,033 16,114 16,448
All-cargo expenses2 282 282 282
Belly offset3 869 152 1,021 1,065
Nonscheduled4 193 53 246 256
Transport related5 419 30 449 454
Plus: Capitalized lease adjustment10 78 1 79 79
Passenger operating expense 12,396 1,799 14,195 14,470
Passenger fuel cost11 3,129 N.A.
Scheduled service ASM's (mils.) 262,068 27,067 289,135 292,255
Passenger nonfuel operating expense per ASM (dollars) .03827 N.A.
Passenger fuel expense per ASM (dollars) .01082 N.A.
Total passenger expense per ASM (dollars) .04909 .04951
Percent change in nonfuel operating expense per ASM (percent) 8.13 N.A.
Projected change in nonfuel expense from April 1, 1979 to April 1, 19806 8.13 N.A.
Estimated change in fuel cost, year ended September 1979 average to April 1, 198014 73.06 N.A.
Nonfuel operating expense per ASM at April 1, 19807 (dollars) .04474 N.A.
Fuel expense per ASM at April 1, 19807 (dollars) .02257 N.A.
Total expense per ASM at April 1, 19807 (dollars) .06731 15.06782
Year ended March 1977
Total operating expense1 (millions) $11,726 $1,520 $13,316 $13,601
All-cargo expense2 238 238 238
Belly offset3 729 96 825 865
Nonscheduled4 220 35 225 266
Transport related5 427 111 538 554
Passenger operating expense 10,112 1,348 11,460 11,678
Passenger fuel cost 2,190 230 2,420 N.A.
Scheduled service ASM's (mils.) 239,593 23,428 263,021 265,837
Operating expense per ASM (dollars) .04221 .05754 .04357 .04393
Projected expense per ASM (dollars) as at July 1, 197713 .04593
Projected operating expense per ASM as at April 1, 1980 (page 1) (dollars) .06782
Ceiling adjustment factor8 (percent) 47.66
D.P.F.I. formula effective July 15, 197712:
Terminal charge $16.16
Plus .0884/mile (0-500 miles).
Plus .0674/mile (501-1,500 miles).
Plus .0648/mile (over 1,500 miles).
Ceiling formula through April 30, 19809:
Terminal charge $23.86
Plus .1305/mile (0-500 miles).
Plus .0995/mile (501-1,500 miles).
Plus .0957/mile (over 1,500 miles).
1Total operating expense for all operations and service (in millions).
2Scheduled all-cargo operations expense.
3Total scheduled-service cargo revenue, less scheduled all-cargo operations revenue, carried as a by-product in aircraft belly compartments. Includes freight, express, priority and non-priority U.S. mail, and excess baggage.
4Total non-scheduled revenues times 0.95, assuming charter operations would only be conducted at a profit.
5Total transport-related expense, less any excess of expense over total transport-related revenues.
6We here project costs from April 1, 1979 (the midpoint of the data year ended September 1979) to April 1, 1980 the resultant increase factor effective through April 30, 1980.
7Operating expense per ASM for year-ended September, 1979, times projected change.
8Projected operating expense per ASM on April 1, 1980 divided by the operating expense as at July 1, 1977.
9Adjustment results in a 2.5 percent increase in level over current January 1, 1980 factor.
10Additional rental expense that would have been incurred had leases not been capitalized under FASB-13, less actual amortization of capitalized lease expense.
11Total fuel cost, scheduled service, times complement of rate of All-Cargo expense to total Operating Expense.
12Order 77-7-26.
13Year ended March, 1977 cost per ASM, times cost escalation factor of 1.04543 (to July 5, 1977). See DPFI workpapers, Y.E. March, 1977.
14Estimated average cost per gallon for the trunk plus local service carriers at April 1, 1980, divided by the average for the year ended September, 1979 (48.33¢).
15Change in Trunks plus Locals cost per ASM as at April 1, 1980, to year ended September, 1979 times total Psgr/Cargo cost for the year ended September, 1979.
16Includes Alaskan, Hawaiian and other regional carriers.
[PS-92, 45 FR 24119, Apr. 9, 1980, as amended by Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15947, Apr. 16, 2019]
(a) General. This policy statement describes the general standards which will be used by the Department in determining the order in which it will designate for hearing those matters on its docket which are to be decided after notice and hearing. Among such matters are applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity or for foreign air carrier permits; complaint cases; and various rate-making proceedings.
(b) Standards. Matters will be assigned for hearing in accordance with the degree of relative priority which each matter is entitled to on the basis of the comparative public interest involved therein. Among other things, the Department will take into account:
(1) Statutory requirements for preference or statutory limitations on the time within which the Department shall act;
(2) The impact of delay on the public or particular persons;
(3) The need for promptly securing compliance with the provisions of the Act;
(4) The time for which the matter has already been pending and which would be required to dispose of it;
(5) Whether the application requests renewal of an existing temporary authorization; and
(6) In matters relating to operating authority:
(i) Whether a proposal might reduce subsidy or increase economy of operations;
(ii) Whether an application proposes new service;
(iii) The volume of traffic that might be affected by the grant or denial of the proposal;
(iv) The period that has elapsed since the Department considered the service needs of the places or areas involved; and
(v) The relative availability of necessary staff members of the carriers, communities and the Department, in the light of other proceedings already in progress, to handle the processing of the case.
Interested persons may urge upon the Department such considerations as they believe should lead it to accord a particular application a priority different from that which the Department has given it.
For the purpose of implementing the Department's policy to provide for the exclusion of irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious evidence and otherwise to expedite route proceedings, and in light of experience, the following guidelines are hereby established:
(a) Public and civic bodies which represent the same geographic area or community should consolidate their presentation of evidence, briefs or oral argument to the examiner and the Department;
(b) A public body or a civic organization, or several such bodies or organizations whose presentation of evidence is consolidated, should keep to a minimum the number of witnesses used to present the factual evidence in support of the community's position;
(c) Exhibits offered in evidence by a public body or civic organization should be limited to evidence of the economic characteristics of the community and area involved, data as to community of interest and traffic, evidence with respect to the sufficiency of existing service, and airport data, and should not include data relating to number of electricity, water and gas meters, telephones, schools, freight car loadings, building permits, sewer connections, or volume of bank deposits in the community.
(a) Applicability. This section applies to initial and recommended decisions of administrative law judges, final decisions, and decisions on petitions for review or reconsideration in cases in which the Department has ordered a trial-type hearing before an administrative law judge.
(b) Issuance of target dates. In cases to which this section applies, the Department or the administrative law judge, as the situation calls for, shall issue a notice of the target date for the completion of the initial or recommended decision, final decision, or decision on a petition for review or reconsideration. The Department or the administrative law judge shall endeavor to render the pending decision not later than the target date.
(c) Time for promulgating target dates. (1) In the case of initial, recommended, or final decisions, notice of target dates shall be issued, served, and filed within 20 days of the submission of closing briefs, or the conclusion of oral argument to the administrative law judge or the Department, as may be appropriate.
(2) In the case of petitions for review or for reconsideration, notices of target dates shall be issued, served, and filed within 20 days of the date for the filing of answers: Provided, That, in the case of petitions for reconsideration of Department decisions awarding new route authority, the Department shall, in lieu of issuing individual target dates, endeavor to render its decision no later than the day preceding the effective date of the new authority awarded.
[PS-71, 41 FR 41407, Sept. 22, 1976, as amended by PS-73, 42 FR 21611, Apr. 28, 1977]
(a) General. This policy statement establishes the standards applicable to staff participation in oral hearing cases involving award of route authority.
(b) Standards. The staff's role during such hearings, primarily because it acts in the broad public interest, and not for a particular private or local interest, is to assure that essential evidence is introduced to resolve the public interest issues; that the evidence submitted by the parties is subject to adversary testing, and that decisional options are developed with the public interest in mind. In route cases designated by the Department that offer the opportunity for developing new policies to adapt to the administration of the Federal Aviation Act or that raise unusual evidentiary issues, a prehearing presentation by staff of decisional options will contribute to a better trial record, be consistent with traditional notions of fundamental fairness, better serve the Department's decisionmaking needs and ultimately serve the public interest. In any route case where the Department has not required the staff to participate by making a prehearing presentation, the staff shall present a prehearing presentation of decisional options if the administrative law judge finds that there exists unusual policy or evidentiary issues which clearly require such a presentation. We believe it is not desirable for the staff to advocate the adoption of a single decisional option at the outset of a case. Accordingly,
(1) In route cases designated by the Department that offer the opportunity for developing new policies, the staff shall make a prehearing presentation of the decisional options available, and describe the kinds of evidence needed or available to develop each option. The staff need not and should not be required to develop evidence on each option. In every case, after the close of the hearing, however, the staff shall advocate a position based upon one or more of the decisional options identified in its prehearing presentation or developed at trial.
(2) In any route case in which the administrative law judge finds that there exists unusual policy or evidentiary issues clearly requiring a prehearing presentation, the staff shall submit a prehearing statement of the decisional options available.
(3) To the extent possible, the Department, in its instituting orders, will identify or designate the cases which involve the development of new policies or unusual evidentiary issues that will require the type of staff participation described in §399.63(b)(1).
[PS-76, 43 FR 19354, May 5, 1978]
For the purposes of the Department's implementation of chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (Regulatory Flexibility Act), a direct air carrier or foreign air carrier is a small business if it provides air transportation only with small aircraft as defined in §298.2 of this chapter (up to 60 seats/18,000 pound payload capacity).
[Doc. No. OST-96-1429, 61 FR 29019, June 7, 1996, as amended by Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15947, Apr. 16, 2019]
It is the policy of the Department to regard as an unfair or deceptive practice or unfair method of competition the practices enumerated in paragraphs (a) through (n) of this section by a ticket agent of any size and the practice enumerated in paragraph (s) by a ticket agent that sells air transportation online and is not considered a small business under the Small Business Administration's size standards set forth in 13 CFR 121.201:
(a) Misrepresentations1 which may induce members of the public to believe that the ticket agent is an air carrier.
1The word “misrepresentation” used in this list includes any statement or representation made in advertising or made orally to members of the public which is false, fraudulent, deceptive or misleading, or which has the tendency or capacity to deceive or mislead.
(b) Using or displaying or permitting or suffering to be used or displayed the name, trade name, slogan or any abbreviation thereof, of the ticket agent, in advertisements, on or in places of business, or on aircraft in connection with the name of an air carrier with whom it does business, in such manner that it may mislead or confuse the traveling public with respect to the agency status of the ticket agent.
(c) Misrepresentations as to the quality or kind of service, type or size of aircraft, time of departure or arrival, points served, route to be flown, stops to be made, or total trip-time from point of departure to destination.
(d) Misrepresentation as to qualifications of pilots or safety record or certification of pilots, aircraft or air carriers.
(e) Misrepresentations that passengers are directly insured when they are not so insured; for example, where the only insurance in force is that protecting the air carrier in event of liability.
(f) Misrepresentations as to fares and charges for air transportation or services in connection therewith.
(g) Misrepresentation that special discounts or reductions are available, when such discounts or reductions are not specific in the lawful tariffs of the air carrier which is to perform the transportation.
(i) Misrepresentations that special priorities for reservations are available when such special considerations are not in fact granted to members of the public generally.
(j) Selling air transportation to persons on a reservation or charter basis for specified space, flight, or time, or representing that such definite reservation or charter is or will be available or has been arranged, without a binding commitment with an air carrier for the furnishing of such definite reservation or charter as represented or sold.
(k) Selling or issuing tickets or other documents to passengers to be exchanged or used for air transportation knowing or having reason to know or believe that such tickets or other documents will not be or cannot be legally honored by air carriers for air transportation.
(l) Failing or refusing to make proper refunds promptly when service cannot be performed as contracted or representing that such refunds are obtainable only at some other point, thus depriving persons of the immediate use of the money to arrange other transportation, or forcing them to suffer unnecessary inconveniences and delays or requiring them to accept transportation at higher cost, or under less desirable circumstances, or on less desirable aircraft than that represented at the time of sale.
(m) Misrepresentations regarding the handling, forwarding or routing of baggage or other property, or the loss or tracing thereof, or failing or refusing to honor proper claims for loss of or damage to baggage or other property.
(n) Misrepresentation as to the requirements that must be met by persons or organizations in order to qualify for charter or group fare flights.
(o)-(r) [Reserved]
(s) Failing to disclose and offer Web-based discount fares on or after June 10, 2014, to prospective passengers who contact the agent through other channels (e.g., by telephone or in the agent's place of business) and indicate they are unable to use the agent's Web site due to a disability.
[PS-21, 29 FR 1446, Jan. 29, 1964, as amended at 78 FR 67916, Nov. 12, 2013; Docket No. DOT-OST-2014-0056, 81 FR 76829, Nov. 3, 2016; Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15947, Apr. 16, 2019]
(c) Chronically delayed flights. (1) This paragraph (c) applies to any air carrier that is a “reporting carrier” as defined in Part 234 of Department regulations (14 CFR Part 234).
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph (c), a chronically delayed flight means any domestic flight that is operated at least 10 times a month, and arrives more than 30 minutes late (including cancelled flights) more than 50 percent of the time during that month.
(3) For purposes of this paragraph (c), the Department considers all of a carrier's flights that are operated in a given city-pair market whose scheduled departure times are within 30 minutes of the most frequently occurring scheduled departure time to be one single flight.
[Doc. No. DOT-OST-2007-0022, 74 FR 69003, Dec. 30, 2009; Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15947, Apr. 16, 2019]
(a) Applicability. This policy shall apply to proceedings in which the Department, in exercising its regulatory powers with respect to air carriers and foreign air carriers, is required to determine whether carriers have engaged in unfair or deceptive practices, or unfair methods of competition. The standards herein shall not be construed to supersede any action previously taken by the Department in a particular proceeding dealing with the subject matter of this statement, but to the extent not inconsistent therewith shall provide standards which supplement, or implement such specific Department action. The limitation of this policy statement to certain affiliated carriers should not be construed as an indication that the Department will permit other carriers to pass off by means of activities which are inconsistent with the minimum safeguards set forth in paragraph (c) of this section. In such cases the Department may determine in an adjudicatory proceeding that the activities engaged in have a tendency to pass off and constitute an unfair or deceptive practice or an unfair method of competition.
(b) Definition. For the purpose of this statement, the term affiliation, as between an air carrier and a foreign air carrier, shall mean that one of the carriers directly or indirectly has one of the following relationships to the other:
(1) Owns or controls 10 percent or more of the securities of the other, with or without an accompanying power to vote;
(2) Is jointly controlled with the other carrier, directly or indirectly by a third person; or
(3) Provides general agency services for the other carrier.
For the purpose of this statement, general agency services shall mean services performed under an agreement between an air carrier and a foreign air carrier which provides for the general representation of one by the other in a specified area or point, in relation to services such as the following: Solicitation and sale of passenger, express, and cargo transportation; airport transportation and hotel accommodations; local advertising and publicity, local sales offices; passenger services; local government representation; purchase, lease or other acquisition of equipment; or aircraft and transit services, aircraft inspection, aircraft dispatch.
(c) Minimum safeguards. The minimum safeguards which the Department will consider as adequate to foreclose passing off by affiliated carriers are as follows:
(1) An air carrier and any affiliated foreign air carrier shall not engage in joint public relations activities at points served by both carriers which tend to pass off the services of one carrier as the services of the other carrier or as part of a unified system of which each is a part;
(2) Where one affiliated carrier provides general agency services for the other carrier, at points served by both carriers, it shall specifically identify all flights of the other carrier as flights of that carrier without reference to any relationship to the carrier performing the agency services;
(3) All forms of display (including aircraft insignia), scheduled publications, advertising, or printed matter employed by affiliated carriers shall not state or imply that the services of either carrier are performed in common with the other carrier or as part of a single system. In cases where it is necessary to indicate that any agency service is performed by one affiliated carrier for the other, the references to the carrier performing the agency should be sufficiently subordinated to the name of the other carrier as to emphasize the limited role of the agent;
(4) Telephone facilities at points served by both carriers should preserve the identity of the individual carriers;
(5) Where joint traffic or sales facilities are maintained by affiliated carriers, the separate identity of each carrier should be maintained by reasonably comparable use of display advertising, desk-space, personnel uniforms, and other facilities and activities;
(6) Where one carrier sells time payment tickets for travel over the other carrier (except interline travel), the application form should identify the carrier performing the transportation;
(7) The respective personnel of the affiliated carriers shall preserve the individual identity of the respective carriers in all public dealings.
(d) Unfair and deceptive practice. It is the policy of the Department to regard any joint activity of an affiliated air carrier and a foreign air carrier as an unfair or deceptive practice or unfair method of competition where such joint activity does not satisfy the minimum safeguards enumerated in the preceding subsection.
(e) Exceptions. Exceptions to a safeguard set forth in paragraph (c) of this section may be recognized for activities in a foreign country if the Department finds that special circumstances pertaining to the country render the safeguard inappropriate. Exceptions on other grounds may be recognized pursuant to §399.4.
[PS-29, 30 FR 13781, Oct. 29, 1965, as amended by Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15947, Apr. 16, 2019]
It is the policy of the Department to consider the practice of an air carrier, foreign air carrier, or ticket agent, of stating to a prospective passenger by telephone or other means of communication that a reservation of space on a scheduled flight in air transportation is confirmed before a passenger has received a ticket specifying thereon his confirmed reserved space, to be an unfair or deceptive practice and an unfair method of competition in air transportation or the sale thereof within the meaning of 49 U.S.C. 41712, unless the tariff of the particular air carrier or foreign air carrier provides for confirmation of reserved space by the means so used.
[PS-58, 39 FR 38096, Oct. 29, 1974, as amended by Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15948, Apr. 16, 2019]
The Department considers that payments by air carriers and foreign air carriers to shippers, indirect air carriers, or foreign indirect air carriers for non-air transportation preparation of air cargo shipments are for services ancillary to the air transportation, and are not prohibited under section 403 of the Act.
[PS-86, 44 FR 45609, Aug. 3, 1979]
This policy shall apply to proceedings under 49 U.S.C. 41309 in which the Department is required to make any determination as to the public interest or consistency with 49 U.S.C. Subtitle VII of any agreement or relationship sought to be entered into by an air carrier, or officer or director thereof, with a foreign airline in connection with the performance of some activity pursuant to a technical assistance contract financed by an agency of the U.S. Government.
[Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15948, Apr. 16, 2019]
All certificate authority that the Department grants to U.S. air carriers in carrier selection proceedings will be awarded in the form of experimental certificates of five years' duration pursuant to49 U.S.C. 41102 and 41110. This provision does not alter or amend permanent certificates issued prior to January 1, 1985.
[Doc. No. 43403, 51 FR 43188, Dec. 1, 1986, as amended by Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15948, Apr. 16, 2019]