Airline Service Quality Performance -- Part 234

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
30 Day Notice OMB 2138-0041.docx Supplementary Document	2025-01-28
Copy of OMB 2138-0041 Comments.xlsx Supplementary Document	2025-01-17
Updated OMB 2138-0041 Justification 12.03.24 (002).docx Supporting Statement A	2025-01-17
OMB 2138-0041 60 Day Notice.docx Supplementary Document	2024-12-03
eSubmit Record Format 234 Mishandled Baggage Report (003) (002).docx Supplementary Document	2021-11-18
OMB 2128-0041 Part 234 instructions (002) (002).pdf Supplementary Document	2021-11-18
14 CFR 234-6.pdf Supplementary Document	2021-11-02
14 CFR 234-4.pdf Supplementary Document	2021-11-02
USCODE-2009-title49-subtitleI-chap3-subchapII-sec329.pdf Supplementary Document	2016-01-20
USCODE-2009-title49-subtitleI-chap3-subchapII-sec329.pdf Supplementary Document	2016-01-20

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
272824	Airline Service Quality Performance Mishandled Baggage Part 234.6 (B)	New
272823	Airline Service Quality Performance Part 234 (2)	New
26895	Airline Service Quality Performance -- Part 234 Instruction	Modified
219637	Airline Service Quality Performance Mishandled Baggage Part 234.6 Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 2138-0041	ICR Reference No: 202412-2138-002
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202111-2138-001
Agency/Subagency: DOT/BTSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Airline Service Quality Performance -- Part 234
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 01/29/2025

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2025
Responses	456	408
Time Burden (Hours)	5,136	5,712
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

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Abstract: OMB Control Number 2138-0041 covers Airline Service Quality Performance On-time Performance and Mishandled Baggage and Wheelchair and Scooter reports that the largest U.S. air carriers file with DOT under Part 234. The information is reported by the airlines on a monthly basis to DOT, received by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). The Department then uses the data to publish airline service quality performance statistics in DOT’s monthly Air Travel Consumer Report. In addition, FAA uses the data for its air traffic control modeling.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 49 USC 41708 Name of Law: Transportation Reports
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 88861	11/08/2024
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	90 FR 8318	01/28/2025
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 4

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Airline Service Quality Performance -- Part 234
Airline Service Quality Performance Mishandled Baggage Part 234.6
Airline Service Quality Performance Mishandled Baggage Part 234.6 (B)
Airline Service Quality Performance Part 234 (2)

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	456	408	0	48	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	5,136	5,712	0	-576	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The reduction in burden hours since the last OMB renewal from 5,633 hours to 5,136hours is mainly the result of DOT revisiting its previous burden estimates to account for additional burden hours for reporting for branded code-share partners. Regarding DOT’s ROCIS Submission- Because the ROCIS system does not enable the agency to enter weighted burdens per respondent (i.e., 10 hours for 15 carriers PLUS an additional 16 hours for 4 of those carriers or in other words 10 hours for 11 carriers and 26 hours for 4 carriers), for the purposes of the ROCIS submission, the agency used the average hourly burden per response across carriers which is 13.764 which we rounded up to the next highest whole number to be 14 hours per carrier. Due to the rounding, the total annual burden request in ROCIS is 2,568.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $252,597

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 01/29/2025

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