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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 158.41 

Subpart C—Collection, Handling, 

and Remittance of PFC’s 

§ 158.41 General. 

This subpart contains the require-

ments for notification, collection, han-
dling and remittance of PFC’s. 

§ 158.43 Public agency notification to 

collect PFC’s. 

(a) Following approval of an applica-

tion to impose a PFC under subpart B 
of this part, the public agency shall no-
tify the air carriers and foreign air car-
riers required to collect PFC’s at its 
airport of the Administrator’s ap-
proval. Each notified carrier shall no-
tify its agents, including other issuing 
carriers, of the collection requirement. 

(b) The notification shall be in writ-

ing and contain at a minimum the fol-
lowing information: 

(1) The level of PFC to be imposed. 
(2) The total revenue to be collected. 
(3) The charge effective date will al-

ways be the first day of the month; 
however, it must be at least 30 days 
after the date the public agency noti-
fied the air carriers of the FAA’s ap-
proval to impose the PFC. 

(4) The proposed charge expiration 

date. 

(5) A copy of the Administrator’s no-

tice 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, in-
cluding other issuing carriers, of such 
changes. 

(d) The public agency shall provide a 

copy of the notification to the appro-
priate FAA Airports office. 

[Doc. No. 26385, 56 FR 24278, May 29, 1991, as 
amended by Amdt. 158–4, 72 FR 28849, May 23, 
2007] 

§ 158.45 Collection of PFC’s on tickets 

issued in the U.S. 

(a) On and after the charge effective 

date, tickets issued in the U.S. shall in-
clude the required PFC except as pro-

vided in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this 
section. 

(1) Issuing carriers shall be respon-

sible for all funds from time of collec-
tion 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 adjust-
ment to the amount paid by the pas-
senger is subject to collection or refund 
of the PFC as appropriate. 

(ii) Failure to travel on a nonrefund-

able 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 as-
sociated 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 pas-
senger 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 en-
planing airports where PFC’s are im-
posed. 

(d) In addition to the restriction in 

paragraph (c) of this section, issuing 
carriers and their agents shall not col-
lect PFC’s from a passenger covered by 
any of the other limitations described 
in § 158.9(a). 

(e) Collected PFC’s shall be distrib-

uted 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 no-
tice from the public agency, or as re-
quired by the Administrator. 

[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]