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1987 - February DOT Ord. & Dec. [1] (February, 1987)

handle is hein.usfed/dotod0372 and id is 1 raw text is: Order 87-2-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C. Issued by the Department of Transportation on the 2nd day of February, 1987 tERVED FEB 2 1987 ) Information Directives Concerning ) Computer Reservations Systems ) Docket 44643 ) M.I.T.A., Enforcement Complaint ) Against AMERICAN AIRLINES and ) Docket 43202 UNITED AIR LINES ) ORDER The regulations governing the operation of airline-owned computer reservations systems (CRS's), 14 CFR Part 255, were adopted by the Civil Aeronautics Board on July 31, 1984, and became effective on November 14, 1984. In developing the CRS, oles, the CAB directed the five airline vendors that owned and'operated CRS's 1/ to submit special reports containing information relevant to a number of CRS issues. Order 83-8-105 (August 26, 1983). The Department has retained that information in Docket 41663. Despite promulgation of the CRS rules, questions have been raised about the potential for CRS vendors to exert market power and thereby influence competition in the airline industry. Non- vendor carriers claim that vendors continue to charge excessive access fees to airline participants, and use improper tactics to gain so-called incremental airline passenger revenues at the expense of their airline competitors. In addition, some travel agents have complained that CRS vendors are attempting to l/ American Airlines, Inc.; United Air Lines, Inc.; Trans World Airlines, Inc.; Eastern Air Lines, Inc.; and Delta Air Lines, Inc.