[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 4]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR255.3.]



[Page 209-210]

 

                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

   CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)

 

PART 255_AIRLINE COMPUTER RESERVATIONS SYSTEMS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 255.3.  Definitions.



    Availability means information provided in displays with respect to 

the seats a carrier holds out as available for sale on a particular 

flight.

    Carrier means any air carrier, any foreign air carrier, and any 

commuter air carrier, as defined in 49 U.S.C. 40102(3), 49 U.S.C. 

40102(22), and 14 CFR 298.2(f), respectively, that is engaged directly 

in the operation of aircraft in passenger air transportation.

    Display means the system's presentation of carrier schedules, fares, 

rules or availability to a subscriber by means of a computer terminal.

    Integrated display means any display that includes the schedules, 

fares, rules, or availability of all or a significant proportion of the 

system's participating carriers.

    On-time performance code means a single-character code supplied by a 

carrier to the system in accordance with the provisions of 14 CFR Part 

234 that reflects the monthly on-time performance history of a nonstop 

flight or one-stop or multi-stop single plane operation held out by the 

carrier in a CRS.

    Participating carrier means a carrier that has an agreement with a 

system for display of its schedules, fares, or



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seat availability, or for the making of reservations or issuance of 

tickets through a system.

    Subscriber means a ticket agent, as defined in 49 U.S.C. 40102(40), 

that holds itself out as a source of information about, or reservations 

for, the air transportation industry and that uses a system.

    System means a computerized reservations system offered to 

subscribers for use in the United States that contains information about 

schedules, fares, rules or availability of carriers and provides 

subscribers with the ability to make reservations, if it charges any 

carrier a fee for system services. It does not mean direct connections 

between a ticket agent and the internal reservations systems of 

individual carriers.