Section 158.47

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

Section 158.47 Collection of PFC-s on tickets
issued outside the U.S.
(a) For tickets issued outside the
U.S., an air carrier or foreign air carrier may follow the requirements of either Section 158.45 or this section, unless the
itinerary is for travel wholly within
the U.S. Air carriers and foreign air
carriers must comply with Section 158.45
where the itinerary is for travel wholly
within the U.S. regardless of where the
ticket is issued.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, no foreign airline is
required to collect a PFC on air travel
tickets issued on its own ticket stock
unless it serves a point or points in the
U.S.
(c) If an air carrier or foreign air carrier elects not to comply with Section 158.45
for tickets issued outside the U.S. - 
(1) The carrier is required to collect
PFC-s on such tickets only for the public agency controlling the last airport
at which the passenger is enplaned
prior to departure from the U.S.
(2) The carrier may collect the PFC
either at the time the ticket is issued
or at the time the passenger is last enplaned prior to departure from the U.S.
The carrier may vary the method of
collection among its flights.
(3) The carrier shall provide a written
record to the passenger that a PFC has
been collected. Such a record shall appear on or with the air travel ticket
and shall include the same information
as required by Section 158.45(b), but need not
be preprinted on the ticket stock.
(4) 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.
(d) With respect to a flight on which
the air carrier or foreign air carrier
chooses to collect the PFC at the time
the air travel ticket is issued - 

(1) The carrier and its agents shall
collect the required PFC on tickets
issued on or after the charge effective
date.
(2) The carrier is not required to collect PFC-s at the time of enplanement
for tickets sold by other air carriers or
foreign air carriers or their agents.
(e) With respect to a flight on which
the air carrier or foreign air carrier
chooses to collect the PFC at the time
of enplanement, the carrier shall examine the air travel ticket of each passenger enplaning at the airport on and
after the charge effective date and
shall collect the PFC from any passenger whose air travel ticket does not
include a written record indicating
that the PFC was collected at the time
of issuance.
(f) Collected PFC-s shall be distributed as noted on the written record
provided to the passenger.
(g) Collecting carriers shall be responsible for all funds from time of collection to remittance.
(h) Collecting carriers and their
agents shall stop collecting the PFC on
the charge expiration date stated in a
notice from the public agency, or as required by the Administrator.
[Doc. No. 26385, 56 FR 24278, May 29, 1991; 56
FR 37127, Aug. 2, 1991; Amdt. 158-4, 72 FR
28849, May 23, 2007]

Section 158.49 Handling of PFC-s.
(a) Collecting carriers shall establish
and maintain a financial management
system to account for PFC-s in accordance with the Department of Transportation-s Uniform System of Accounts
and Reports (14 CFR part 241). For carriers not subject to 14 CFR part 241,
such carriers shall establish and maintain an accounts payable system to
handle PFC revenue with subaccounts
for each public agency to which such
carrier remits PFC revenue.
(b) Collecting carriers must account
for PFC revenue separately. PFC revenue may be commingled with the air
carrier-s other sources of revenue except for covered air carriers discussed
in paragraph (c) of this section. PFC
revenues held by an air carrier or an
agent of the air carrier after collection
are held in trust for the beneficial interest of the public agency imposing
the PFC. Such air carrier or agent

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