The Origin and Destination Survey
(OND) is a mandatory collection according to Section 14, Part 241,
Section 19-7, Origin and Destination Survey. The Respondents are
Air Carriers that operate aircraft with 61 or greater seats and/or,
operate an international route. This collection is considered a
reporting collection with survey. The data are reported on a
quarterly basis, 45 days after the end of the previous quarter.
Information reported includes data about sampled passenger tickets,
including year of travel, quarter of travel, fare paid, origin of
passenger, destination of passenger, intermediate points/stop-overs
by the passenger, airline carrier that reported the passenger
ticket, the airline carriers that flew the passenger and the air
carrier that sold the passenger the ticket. The OND data are used
by the DOT Office of Aviation Analysis, the FAA, Airports,
Airlines, Department of Commerce, Department of Homeland Security
and the Public. The purpose of the collection is to determine and
analyze where an airline passenger initiated their travels, where
their travels ended, and the price that they paid for travel. This
is not a revision to the current process Air carriers must report
data on one percent of the flight coupons involving large domestic
markets, which are defined as major city pairs with directional
origin-destination passengers in excess of 35,000 annual
passengers.
Air Carrier Virgin America
merged with Alaska Airlines in January 2018 which reduced the
number of responses from 48 to 47 and caused a decrease in burden
hours.
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:
(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;
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.