Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 158.45

Section 158.45 Collection of PFC-s on tickets
issued in the U.S.

vided in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this
section.
(1) Issuing carriers shall be responsible for all funds from time of collection to remittance.
(2) The appropriate charge is the PFC
in effect at the time the ticket is
issued.
(3) Issuing carriers and their agents
shall collect PFCs based on the
itinerary at the time of issuance.
(i) Any change in itinerary initiated
by a passenger that requires an adjustment to the amount paid by the passenger is subject to collection or refund
of the PFC as appropriate.
(ii) Failure to travel on a nonrefundable or expired ticket is not a change
in itinerary. If the ticket purchaser is
not permitted any fare refund on the
unused ticket, the ticket purchaser is
not permitted a refund of any PFC associated with that ticket.
(b) Issuing carriers and their agents
shall note as a separate item on each
air travel ticket upon which a PFC is
shown, the total amount of PFC-s paid
by the passenger and the airports for
which the PFC-s are collected.
(c) For each one-way trip shown on
the complete itinerary of an air travel
ticket, issuing air carriers and their
agents shall collect a PFC from a passenger only for the first two airports
where PFC-s are imposed. For each
round trip, a PFC shall be collected
only for enplanements at the first two
enplaning airports and the last two enplaning airports where PFC-s are imposed.
(d) In addition to the restriction in
paragraph (c) of this section, issuing
carriers and their agents shall not collect PFC-s from a passenger covered by
any of the other limitations described
in Section 158.9(a).
(e) Collected PFC-s shall be distributed as noted on the air travel ticket.
(f) Issuing carriers and their agents
shall stop collecting the PFC-s on the
charge expiration date stated in a notice from the public agency, or as required by the Administrator.

(a) On and after the charge effective
date, tickets issued in the U.S. shall include the required PFC except as pro-

[Doc. No. 26385, 56 FR 24278, May 29, 1991, as
amended by Amdt. 158-2, 65 FR 34542, May 30,
2000; Amdt. 158-4, 72 FR 28849, May 23, 2007]

Subpart C - Collection, Handling,
and Remittance of PFC-s
Section 158.41

General.

This subpart contains the requirements for notification, collection, handling and remittance of PFC-s.
Section 158.43 Public agency notification to
collect PFC-s.
(a) Following approval of an application to impose a PFC under subpart B
of this part, the public agency shall notify the air carriers and foreign air carriers required to collect PFC-s at its
airport of the Administrator-s approval. Each notified carrier shall notify its agents, including other issuing
carriers, of the collection requirement.
(b) The notification shall be in writing and contain at a minimum the following information:
(1) The level of PFC to be imposed.
(2) The total revenue to be collected.
(3) The charge effective date will always be the first day of the month;
however, it must be at least 30 days
after the date the public agency notified the air carriers of the FAA-s approval to impose the PFC.
(4) The proposed charge expiration
date.
(5) A copy of the Administrator-s notice of approval.
(6) The address where remittances
and reports are to be filed by carriers.
(c) The public agency must notify air
carriers required to collect PFCs at its
airport and the FAA of changes in the
charge expiration date at least 30 days
before the existing charge expiration
date or new charge expiration date,
whichever comes first. Each notified
air carrier must notify its agents, including other issuing carriers, of such
changes.
(d) The public agency shall provide a
copy of the notification to the appropriate FAA Airports office.
[Doc. No. 26385, 56 FR 24278, May 29, 1991, as
amended by Amdt. 158-4, 72 FR 28849, May 23,
2007]

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