[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 14, Volume 4] [Revised as of January 1, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 14CFR298.61] [Page 259-260] TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS) PART 298--EXEMPTIONS FOR AIR TAXI AND COMMUTER AIR CARRIER OPERATIONS--Table of Contents Subpart F--Reporting Requirements Sec. 298.61 Reporting of traffic statistics for scheduled passenger operations. (a) Each commuter air carrier and each small certificated air carrier shall file BTS Form 298-C, Schedule A-1, ``Report of Flight and Traffic Statistics in Scheduled Passenger Operations'' and Schedule T-1, ``Report of Revenue Traffic by On-Line Origin and Destination.'' (b) Schedules A-1 and T-1 shall be filed quarterly as set forth in Sec. 298.60. (c) Each carrier shall indicate in the space provided its full corporate name and the quarter for which the report is filed. (d) The information included in this report shall pertain only to flights performed in scheduled passenger service during the quarter for which the report is filed. (e) Schedule A-1 shall be used to report the total flight and traffic statistics in scheduled passenger operations by commuter air carriers and small certificated air carriers. These statistics should cover only scheduled passenger services and should be compiled in accordance with the instructions below. All statistics shall be reported in whole numbers; do not use decimals. (f) Schedule T-1 shall show the total on-line origin and destination traffic in scheduled passenger services for the period as follows: (1) Each pair of origin and destination airports shall appear only once, i.e., no entry shall have the same origin and destination airports as another entry. For example, DAL-HOU and HOU-DAL would each appear once, but either DAL or HOU could reappear with any other point. (2) The origin and destination data shall be for the on-line movement of traffic rather than for flight stages or flight origin and destination. For example, if a flight operates from A to B to C with 5 passengers enplaning at A, 1 deplaning and 2 enplaning at B, and 6 deplaning at C, the applicable passenger data would be reported as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Destination Number of Origin airport airport passengers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A......................................... B 1 A......................................... C 4 B......................................... C 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (3) Only the ultimate origins and destinations of the traffic moving on the reporting carrier's system shall be reported. Using the example given above, the traffic report would remain the same, even if the carrier operated one flight from A to B and a different flight from B to C, as long as the passengers' on-line origins and destinations remained the same. [[Page 260]] (4) Only one grand total shall be shown in the space provided after the final traffic entry. Do not use subtotals. (5) Columns (1) and (2) shall show the airport codes for the movement of traffic from the point of origin to the point of destination. Carriers shall use the airport codes in the Official Airline Guide (OAG). If an airport cannot be found in the OAG, the carrier shall, until otherwise instructed by the Department, insert its own code for the airport in column (1) or (2) followed by an asterisk, and shall identify the airport and its location in the space provided. (6) Column (3) shall show the total number of revenue passengers transported from the point of on-line origin to the point of on-line destination. (7) Columns (4) and (5) shall be completed only by intra-Alaskan carriers, and shall reflect the total pounds of cargo and pounds of mail, respectively, transported from the point of on-line origin to the point of on-line destination. (g) The information requested in BTS Form 298-C may be submitted on any comparable form prepared on automatic data processing equipment if the substitute form has been approved by the Director, Office of Airline Information, Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C. 20590. Data in any approved format shall contain the same column headings arranged in the same sequence as in RSPA Form 298-C. (h) Commuter air carriers serving or proposing to serve an eligible point shall comply with the applicable requirements in part 204 of this chapter. (Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 2138-0009) [ER-1148, 44 FR 51799, Sept. 5, 1979, as amended by ER-1208, 46 FR 8444, Jan. 17, 1981; ER-1289, 47 FR 12949, Mar. 26, 1982; 49 FR 28240, July 11, 1984; ER-1399, 50 FR 19, Jan. 2, 1985; Docket No. 47939, 57 FR 40104, Sept. 2, 1992; 60 FR 66726, Dec. 26, 1995]