[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: 14CFR291.44]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

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

                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)

 

PART 291_CARGO OPERATIONS IN INTERSTATE AIR TRANSPORTATION--Table of 

Contents

 

                        Subpart E_Reporting Rules

 

Sec. 291.44  BTS Schedule P-12(a), Fuel Consumption by Type of Service 

and Entity.



    (a) For the purposes of BTS schedule P-12(a), type of service shall 

be either scheduled service or nonscheduled service as those terms are 

defined in Sec. 291.45(c)(2) and (3).

    (b) For the purpose of this schedule, scheduled service shall be 

reported separately for:

    (1) Intra-Alaskan operations;

    (2) Domestic operations, which shall include all operations within 

and between the 50 States of the United States (except Intra-Alaska), 

the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the United 

States Virgin Islands, or a U.S. territory or possession to a place in 

any State of the United States the District of Columbia, the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, or a 

U.S. territory or possession;

    (3) International operations are flight stages with one or both 

terminals outside the 50 States of the United States, the District of 

Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin 

Islands, or a U.S. territory or possession.

    (c) For the purpose of this schedule, nonscheduled service shall be 

reported separately for domestic operations and international operations 

as defined in paragraphs (b)(2) and (b)(3) of this section, except that 

domestic and international Military Airlift Command (MAC) operations 

shall be reported on separate lines.

    (d) The cost data reported on each line shall represent the average 

cost of fuel, as determined at the station level, consumed in that 

geographic entity.

    (e)(1) The cost of fuel shall include shrinkage, but excludes:

    (i) ``Throughput'' and ``in to plane'' fees, i.e., service charges 

or gallonage levies assessed by or against the fuel vendor or 

concessionaire and passed on to the carrier in a separately identifiable 

form; and

    (ii) Nonrefundable Federal and State excise taxes.

    (2) However, ``through-put'' and ``in to plane'' charges that cannot 

be identified or segregated from the cost of fuel shall remain a part of 

the cost of fuel as reported on this schedule.

    (f) Each air carrier shall maintain records for each station showing 

the computation of fuel inventories and consumption for each fuel type. 

The periodic average cost method shall be used in computing fuel 

inventories and consumption. Under this method, an average unit cost for 

each fuel type shall be computed by dividing the total cost of fuel 

available (Beginning Inventory plus Purchases) by the total gallons 

available. The resulting unit cost shall then be used to determine the



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ending inventory and the total consumption costs to be reported on this 

schedule.

    (g) Where amounts reported for a specific entity include other than 

Jet A fuel, a footnote shall be added indicating the number of gallons 

and applicable costs of such other fuel included in amounts reported for 

that entity.

    (h) Where any adjustment(s) recorded on the books of the carrier 

results in a material distortion of the current month's schedule, 

carriers shall file a revised Schedule P-12(a) for the month(s) 

affected.



[Doc. No. OST 98-4043, 67 FR 49227, July 30, 2002]