Notice2022-28099
Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee; Notice of Public Meeting
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Published
December 27, 2022
Issuing agencies
Transportation Department
Abstract
This Notice announces a one-day public meeting of the Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee (ACPAC), to be held virtually. The ACPAC will deliberate on the Department's notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on Enhancing Transparency of Airline Ancillary Service Fees; and will vote on recommendations regarding the Department's NPRM on Airline Ticket Refunds and Consumer Protections.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79444-79445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28099]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DOT-OST-2018-0190]
Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee; Notice of Public
Meeting
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: This Notice announces a one-day public meeting of the Aviation
Consumer Protection Advisory Committee (ACPAC), to be held virtually.
The ACPAC will deliberate on the Department's notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM) on Enhancing Transparency of Airline Ancillary
Service Fees; and will vote on recommendations regarding the
Department's NPRM on Airline Ticket Refunds and Consumer Protections.
DATES: The virtual meeting will be held on, January 12, 2023, from
10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The meeting is open to
the public, subject to any technical and/or capacity limitations.
Requests to attend the meeting must be submitted to <a href="https://usdot.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_Eoow5BMfRTum03htlms2bQ">https://usdot.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_Eoow5BMfRTum03htlms2bQ</a>. We
encourage interested parties to register by January 5, 2023.
Communication Access Real-time Translation (CART) and sign language
interpretation will be provided during the meeting. Requests for
additional accommodations because of a disability must be received at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8dccceddcccecde9e2f9a3eae2fb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4706041706040723283369202831">[email protected]</span></a> by January 5, 2023.
ADDRESSES: The virtual meeting will be open to the public and held via
the Zoom Webinar Platform. Virtual attendance information will be
provided upon registration. An agenda will be available on the
Department's Office of Aviation Consumer Protection website at <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/ACPAC">https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/ACPAC</a> in advance of the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register and attend this virtual
meeting, please use the link: <a href="https://usdot.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_Eoow5BMfRTum03htlms2bQ">https://usdot.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_Eoow5BMfRTum03htlms2bQ</a>.
Attendance is open to the public subject to any technical and/or
capacity limitations. For further information, please contact Cristina
Draguta, Attorney-Advisor, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c380b1aab0b7aaada2ed87b1a2a4b6b7a283a7acb7eda4acb5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2d6e5f445e5944434c03695f4c4a58594c6d494259034a425b">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The ACPAC evaluates the Department of Transportation's aviation
consumer protection programs, provides recommendations to the Secretary
for improving them and recommends any additional consumer protections
that may be needed.
During the June 28, 2022, meeting of the ACPAC, the subject of
transparency of airline ancillary service fees was considered as
members heard presentations about previous Department actions in this
area and the perspectives of various stakeholders. On September 26,
2022, the Department announced the Enhancing Transparency of Airline
Ancillary Service Fees NPRM (RIN 2105-AF10) (Ancillary Fees
Transparency NPRM) and made the rulemaking available on its website and
<a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>. On December 8, 2022, the ACPAC continued the
discussion on this topic, heard from the public, and considered the
proposals in the Department's NPRM. The Department is now scheduling a
meeting to provide the ACPAC further opportunity to discuss,
deliberate, and decide on recommendations, if any, to the Department
regarding the Department's Ancillary Fees Transparency NPRM.
Also, on December 9, 2022, the ACPAC deliberated on the
Department's Airline Ticket Refunds and Consumer Protections NPRM and
decided to vote on the recommendations to the Department once the
Ticket Refunds NPRM comment period closes on December 16, 2022. As
such, at this meeting, the ACPAC will also vote on recommendations
regarding the Department's Airline Ticket Refunds and Consumer
Protections NPRM. More information regarding prior meetings, including
recordings of meetings, can be found on the ACPAC web pages available
here: <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/ACPAC">https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/ACPAC</a>.
II. Agenda
During the January 12, 2023, meeting, the ACPAC will deliberate and
decide on recommendations, if any, to the Department regarding airline
ancillary service fee transparency. Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 41712, which
prohibits U.S. air carriers, foreign air carriers, and ticket agents
from engaging in unfair or deceptive practices in the sale of air
transportation, the Department's Ancillary Fees Transparency NPRM
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proposes to require carriers and ticket agents to clearly disclose
baggage fees, change fees, and cancellation fees to consumers whenever
fare and schedule information is provided to consumers for flights to,
within, and from the United States. The Ancillary Fees Transparency
NPRM also proposes to require these entities to clearly disclose,
whenever fare and schedule information is provided, the fees for
adjacent seating, if any, to consumers traveling with young children on
flights to, within, and from the United States, and make these fees
transactable. The Department is proposing that all of these disclosures
be provided on a passenger-specific or itinerary-specific basis. The
Department is also proposing to require that carriers provide useable,
current, and accurate information regarding these fees to ticket agents
that sell or display the carrier's fare and schedule information.
In addition, the ACPAC will vote on the recommendations to the
Department made by the Members during December 8, 2022, meeting
regarding the Department's Airline Ticket Refunds and Consumer
Protections NPRM. More information regarding prior meetings, including
recordings of meetings, can be found on the ACPAC web pages available
here: <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/ACPAC">https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/ACPAC</a>.
III. Public Participation
The January 12, 2023, the meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. EST, and
the Committee members will deliberate and decide on recommendations, if
any, to make to the Department on Ancillary Fees Transparency NPRM. The
ACPAC will also vote on recommendations regarding the Department's NPRM
on Airline Ticket Refunds and Consumer Protections. At the January 12,
2023, ACPAC meeting, the members of the public will be able to observe
deliberations and voting by ACPAC on the topics mentioned above.
However, there will not be an opportunity to make oral comments.
Members of the public may submit written comments for the ACPAC
consideration electronically to the ACPAC Docket (DOT-OST-2018-0190)
any time before the meeting.
IV. Viewing Documents
Documents associated with the ACPAC maybe be accessed in the ACPAC
Docket (DOT-OST-2018-0190). Documents associated with the NPRM on
Enhancing Transparency of Airline Ancillary Service Fees may be
accessed in the rulemaking Docket (DOT-OST-2022-0109). Documents
associated with the NPRM on Airline Ticket Refunds and Consumer
Protections may be accessed in the rulemaking Docket (DOT-OST-2022-
0089). Dockets may be accessed at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. After
entering the relevant docket number click the link to ``Open Docket
Folder'' and choose the document to review.
Signed in Washington, DC.
John E. Putnam,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2022-28099 Filed 12-23-22; 8:45 am]
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