DOT EXTENDS COMPLIANCE DEADLINE FOR CERTAIN PROVISIONS IN ENHANCING AIRLINE PASSENGER PROTECTIONS III
March 4, 2017
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has extended the deadline for complying with two provisions of its latest consumer protection rule, Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections III. Specifically, on February 14, 2017, the Department announced that the rule’s requirements concerning codeshare disclosures and the prohibition of undisclosed flight display biases have been extended from February 15, 2017 to March 17, 2017.
As we have previously reported, the original compliance date for these requirements was December 5, 2016 and, after receiving petitions from Airlines for America (A4A) and Carson Wagonlit Travel, DOT agreed to initially extend this deadline to February 15th, 2017. The Department’s latest decision to further extend the compliance deadline was made in response to requests by A4A and Delta Air Lines (Delta) citing a January 20, 2017 White House memorandum to department heads directing a “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,” which instructs departments and agencies to temporarily postpone the effective date of regulations that have been “published in the Federal Register but have not taken effect.” While DOT’s latest extension covers the codeshare disclosure and display bias portions of the rule, it does not change the compliance deadlines for any other provisions of the Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections III.
A copy of DOT’s notice is available at: https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/airline-passenger-protections-rule-date-extension.
If you have any questions, please contact Evelyn Sahr (esahr@eckertseamans.com, 202-659-6622) or Drew Derco (dderco@eckertseamans.com, 202-659-6665).
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