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PART 298 – Form 298C F-2 Aircraft Operating Expenses and Related Statistics - Alaskan Carriers

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OMB NO: 2138-0009

EXPIRATION DATE: 2/28/2025

Paperwork Reduction Act Burden Statement

A federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act unless that collection of information displays a current valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control Number for this information collection is 2138-0009. Public reporting for Form 298-C, Schedule F-2, Report of Aircraft Operating Expenses and Related Statistics Alaskan/Non-Alaskan is estimated to be approximately 12 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, completing and reviewing the collection of information. All responses to this collection of information are mandatory, as authorized by 14 CFR, Part 298. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to: Information Collection Clearance Officer, Cecelia Robinson, OAI/BTS/OST-R, RTS-42, Room E34-410, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C. 20590 or e-mail – cecelia.robinson@dot.gov.

REQUIREMENTS

RECORD DESCRIPTION: F-2 Aircraft Operating Expenses and Related Statistics - Alaskan Carriers

F-2 Alaskan – Direct Expenses, by Aircraft (one or more records reported depending on the number of aircraft)

Field Description Data Type Length Comments Sample Data
Carrier code Character 3 Two Character IATA code or
Three Character DOT assigned code
ABC
Carrier entity code Numeric 5 DOT assigned code 01111
Year Numeric 4 Year (CCYY) 2010
Month Numeric 2 Month (MM) 03
Type of Expenses Numeric 1 D = Direct Expenses, by Aircraft D
Aircraft Type Numeric 3 Use the DOT Aircraft Code 035
Aircraft configuration Numeric 1 Use DOT Cabin Configuration Codes: 1,2,3, 4 1
Pilot and copilot
(line 1 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- Pilot and co-pilot expense including salaries/fringes/ allocated housing /utilities 123.01
Aircraft fuel & oil
(line 2 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- Aircraft fuel and oil issued 123.02
Hull insurance
(line 3 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- What is cost to insure the aircraft 123.03
Third party liability insurance
(line 4 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- What is cost to insure against third party injury 123.04
Passenger liability insurance
(line 5 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- What it cost to insure each passenger 123.05
Maintenance of flight equipment
(line 6 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- Maintenance expenses including salaries /fringes /allocated housing /hangar /utilities 123.06
Depreciation/rental of flight equipment
(line 7 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- Depreciation of cost of rental equipment to include property taxes 123.07
Fuel issued in gallons
(line 9 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- Actual fuel issued in gallons 09
Revenue block hours
(line 10 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- Block hours as compare to the T100 10

Sample Direct Expenses, by Aircraft, Records (reporting two aircraft):

          ABC,01111,2010,03,D,035,1,123.01,123.02,123.03,123.04,123.05,123.06,123.07,09,10
          ABC,01111,2010,03,D,036,1,123.01,123.02,123.03,123.04,123.05,123.06,123.07,09,10


F-2 Alaskan – TOTAL Direct Expenses, by Aircraft (one record reported)

For purposes of validation and cross-checking, carriers will report a single record, with totals for all ‘direct expenses’, for all aircraft types reported, using Aircraft Type/Configuration = 999/9

Field Description Data Type Length Comments Sample Data
Carrier code Character 3 Two Character IATA code or
Three Character DOT assigned code
ABC
Carrier entity code Numeric 5 DOT assigned code 01111
Year Numeric 4 Year (CCYY) 2010
Month Numeric 2 Month (MM) 03
Type of Expenses Numeric 1 T = TOTAL Direct Expenses, by Aircraft T
Aircraft Type Numeric 3 Indicate TOTAL FOR ALL AIRCRAFT = 999 999
Aircraft configuration Numeric 1 Indicate TOTAL FOR ALL AIRCRAFT = 9 9
TOTAL Pilot and copilot
(column 1/line 1 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- TOTAL Pilot and co-pilot expense including salaries/fringes/ allocated housing /utilities 246.02
Aircraft fuel & oil
(column 1/line 2 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- TOTAL Aircraft fuel and oil issued 246.04
Hull insurance
(column 1/line 3 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- TOTAL What is cost to insure the aircraft 246.06
Third party liability insurance
(column 1/line 4 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- TOTAL What is cost to insure against third party injury 246.08
Passenger liability insurance
(column 1/line 5 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- TOTAL What it cost to insure each passenger 246.10
Maintenance of flight equipment
(column 1/line 6 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- TOTAL Maintenance expenses including salaries /fringes /allocated housing /hangar /utilities 246.12
Depreciation/rental of flight equipment
(column 1/line 7 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- TOTAL Depreciation of cost of rental equipment to include property taxes 246.14
Fuel issued in gallons
(column 1/line 9 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- TOTAL Actual fuel issued in gallons 18
Revenue block hours
(column 1/line 10 on F2AK form)
Numeric --- TOTAL Block hours as compare to the T100 20

Sample TOTAL Direct Expenses, by Aircraft, Record (one record reported):

          ABC,01111,2010,03,T,999,9,246.02,246.04,246.06,246.08,246.10,246.12,246.14,18,20


F-2 Alaskan – Indirect Expenses (one record reported)

Field Description Data Type Length Comments Sample Data
Carrier code Character 3 Two Character IATA code or
Three Character DOT assigned code
ABC
Carrier entity code Numeric 5 DOT assigned code 01111
Year Numeric 4 Year (CCYY) 2010
Month Numeric 2 Month (MM) 03
Type of Expenses Numeric 1 I = Indirect Expenses I
Flight attendants
(line 11 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- Flight attendants expenses including salaries/fringes/ allocated housing /utilities 123.11
Traffic related
(line 12 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- Any expenses such as advertising. Any expense associated with promoting the airline 123.12
Departure/Station
(line 13 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- Village agents/ station agents expenses including salaries/fringes/ allocated housing /utilities/ground equipment 123.13
Capacity/Administrative
(line 14 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- Expenses including salaries/fringes/ allocated housing /building/utilities 123.14
Transport related expenses
(line 17 on the F2AK form)
Numeric --- Expenses associated with the generation of transport-related revenues such as: sale of liquor, gift-store sales, pick-up and delivery charges, fuel sales, out-side maintenance services, expense associated with the dry lease of equipment to other parties. 123.17

Sample Indirect Expenses Record (one record reported):

          ABC,01111,2010,03,I,123.11,123.12,123.13,123.14,123.17

RECORD FORMAT:

The F-2 Aircraft Operating Expenses and Related Statistics - Alaskan Carriers must be created as an electronic “comma separated values” file, using ASCII text character encoding, for uploading via the “eSubmit” application.

The comma separated values file MUST BE indicated when naming the file, by using the letters [CSV] or [csv] following the file name, as the file name extension.

The file name is flexible and may be determined by the individual air carrier, but the comma separated values (csv) file format is required, as outlined in the rule entitled, Submitting Airline Data via the Internet.

The fields in the sample record shown below follow the same order as the above record description, separated by commas, and saved with the file name extension of .csv.

          Suggested file name: XX201003-Form298C-F2-AK.csv

Sample Records: Four records would be reported when reporting TWO types of aircraft:
ABC,01111,2010,03,D,035,1,123.01,123.02,123.03,123.04,123.05,123.06,123.07,09,10
ABC,01111,2010,03,D,036,1,123.01,123.02,123.03,123.04,123.05,123.06,123.07,09,10
ABC,01111,2010,03,T,999,9,246.02,246.04,246.06,246.08,246.10,246.12,246.14,18,20
ABC,01111,2010,03,I,123.11,123.12,123.13,123.14,123.17