BTS SEEKS COMMENT ON NECESSITY OF T-100 REPORTS
March 5, 2014
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) is requesting comments from interested parties on the continuing need for and usefulness of DOT requiring U.S. and foreign air carriers to file traffic and capacity data (T-100 reports).
Under the regulations U.S. and foreign air carriers are required to submit traffic data reports to BTS every month. The information submitted is put into a database that provides monthly traffic and operational data for each carrier, for each city-pair/flight stage market that the carrier operated, and monthly traffic, capacity and operational data for each aircraft type that the carrier flew in each city-pair segment or flight stage.
This data is then used by BTS for many reasons, including to determine airport funding, review carrier safety, analyze competition on certain routes in connection with the Justice Department’s review of an acquisition or merger, prepare traffic and operation forecasts, address potential capacity problems, and to reassess service levels at small airports.
Comments are due by April 7, 2014. If you have any questions or would like assistance in submitting a comment, please feel free to contact us.
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