97-32454. Notice of Order Adjusting the Standard Foreign Fare Level Index

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 238 (Thursday, December 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 65305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32454]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket 37554]


Notice of Order Adjusting the Standard Foreign Fare Level Index

    Section 41509(e) of Title 49 of the United States Code requires 
that the Department, as successor to the Civil Aeronautics Board, 
establish a Standard Foreign Fare Level (SFFL) by adjusting the SFFL 
base periodically by percentage changes in actual operating costs per 
available seat-mile (ASM). Order 80-2-69 established the first interim 
SFFL, and Order 97-9-32 established the currently effective two-month 
SFFL applicable through November 30, 1997.
    In establishing the SFFL for the two-month period beginning 
December 1, 1997, we have projected non-fuel costs based on the year 
ended September 30, 1997 data, and have determined fuel prices on the 
basis of the latest available experienced monthly fuel cost levels as 
reported to the Department.
    By Order 97-12-12 fares may be increased by the following 
adjustment factors over the October 1979 level:

Atlantic.........................................................1.3697
Latin America....................................................1.4426
Pacific..........................................................1.5339

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith A. Shangraw [phone].

    By the Department of Transportation:

    Dated: December 8, 1997.
Patrick V. Murphy,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs.
[FR Doc. 97-32454 Filed 12-10-97; 8:45 am]
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