14 CFR § 211.31 - Application.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s211.31"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 211.31 - Application."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "211.31"
section_name: "Application."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC REGULATIONS"
part_number: "211"
part_name: "APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS TO FOREIGN AIR CARRIERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. Chapters 401, 411, 413, 415, 417."
regulatory_source: "ER-1386, 49 FR 33439, Aug. 23, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "211"
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# 211.31 Application.

The application shall include, in addition to other requirements of this part, documentation clearly establishing:

(a) That the carrier is organized under the laws of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Palau or the United States;

(b) That substantial ownership and effective control of the carrier are held by citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Palau and/or the United States;

(c) That citizens of other countries do not have interests in the carrier sufficient to permit them substantially to influence its actions, or that substantial justification exists for a temporary waiver of this requirement;

(d) That the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration has determined that the carrier complies with such safety standards as the Administrator considers to be required; and

(e) That the government or governments of the Freely Associated States concerned have consented to the carrier's operation as a “Freely Associated State Air Carrier.”

[Amdt. 211-18, 52 FR 5442, Feb. 22, 1987, as amended by Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15925, Apr. 16, 2019]