International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Data Needs

Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information
Number 277
Issue Date: December 2, 2004
Effective Date: January 1, 2004

As a party to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Treaty), the United States is obligated to provide ICAO with financial and statistical data on operations of U.S. air carriers (Article 67). The Bureau of Transportation Statistic's (BTS's) Office of Airline Information (OAI) administers this program for the Department of Transportation (DOT).

The carriers listed in Table A are required to file BTS Form EF (enclosed with instructions) for calendar year 2004 with OAI by March 30, 2005. All of the data items designated on the table are to be completed on Form EF by each carrier. A carrier's operation (scheduled versus charter, etc.) no longer determines the items to be completed. Changes in a carrier's operation during 2004 will not necessitate changes in its requirements.

The data reported on Form EF must be consistent with the data filed in the Form 41 reports, i.e. Form 41, Schedule B-1, Account 1668 should equal the sum of Depreciation (Flight and Ground) reported on Form EF. Over 99% of the data filed with ICAO is supplied from the Form 41 financial Schedules and T-100 traffic Schedules.

Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 C.F.R.) Part 248 requires each carrier to file annually with OAI two copies of its audit report; if an audit is performed (annual reports are acceptable in lieu of audit reports). Carriers are requested to submit a third copy for submission to ICAO; however, if confidentiality is granted to the audit report, an extra copy is not needed. The mailing address for Form EF and the audit/annual report is:

Data Administration Division, K-14, Room 4125
Office of Airline Information
U.S. Department of Transportation
400 Seventh Street, SW
Washington, DC 20590-0001

This directive is issued under authority delegated in 14 C.F.R. Section 385.19 (h) of Part 385 of DOT's regulations. Accounting and Reporting Directive 271 for 2003 is hereby rescinded.

Questions about this directive may be directed to Nancy Sharpe in care of this office or by telephone at (202) 366-2261.

Donald W. Bright
Assistant Director
Airline Information

Supplemental ICAO Reporting As Of January 1, 2004

Table A

BTS Form EF

X - Indicates data items to be reported on Form EF.

* - Indicates filing of third audit/annual report, if available.