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Agency Request for Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Use and Change of Names of Air Carriers, Foreign Air Carriers, and Commuter Air Carriers

The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments about the agency's intention to request Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information col...

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Department of Transportation

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2003-15623]

AGENCY:

Office of the Secretary, OST, Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION:

Notice and request for comments.

SUMMARY:

The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments about the agency's intention to request Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The collection involves information from air carriers who seek new, reissued, or transferred authority in a new name or use of a trade name. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by ( printed page 8966) the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13.

DATES:

Written comments should be submitted by April 27, 2026.

ADDRESSES:

You may submit comments identified by Docket Number DOT-OST-2003-15623 through one of the following methods:

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Mail or Hand Delivery: Dockets Operations, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Room W58-213, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Federal Holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Snoden, (202) 366-4834 (Voice), or barbara.snoden@dot.gov (Email) Office of Aviation Analysis, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control Number: 2106-0043.

Title: Use and Change of Names of Air Carriers, Foreign Air Carriers, and Commuter Air Carriers.

Type of Request: Renewal of a previously approved collection.

Background: In accordance with the procedures set forth in 14 CFR part 215, before a holder of certificated, foreign, or commuter air carrier authority may hold itself out to the public in any particular name or trade name, it must register that name or trade name with the Department, and notify all other certificated, foreign, and commuter air carriers that have registered the same or similar name(s) of the intended name registration.

Respondents: Persons seeking to use or change the name or trade name in which they hold themselves out to the public as an air carrier or foreign air carrier.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 12.

Estimated Total Burden on Respondents: 60 hours.

Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of this information collection, including (a) whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the Office of the Secretary's performance; (b) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for the Office of the Secretary to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (d) ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of the collected information. The agency will summarize and/or include your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this information collection.

(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:48.)

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 20, 2026.

Lauralyn Jean Remo Temprosa,

Associate Director, Air Carrier Fitness Division, Office of Aviation Analysis.

[FR Doc. 2026-03673 Filed 2-23-26; 8:45 am]

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91 FR 8965

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“Agency Request for Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Use and Change of Names of Air Carriers, Foreign Air Carriers, and Commuter Air Carriers,” thefederalregister.org (February 24, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-03673/agency-request-for-renewal-of-a-previously-approved-information-collection-use-and-change-of-names-of-air-carriers-forei.