14 CFR § 216.3 - Prohibition.

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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 216.3 - Prohibition."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "216.3"
section_name: "Prohibition."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC REGULATIONS"
part_number: "216"
part_name: "COMMINGLING OF BLIND SECTOR TRAFFIC BY FOREIGN AIR CARRIERS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. Chapters 401, 413, 417."
regulatory_source: "ER-525, 33 FR 692, Jan. 19, 1968, unless otherwise noted."
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# 216.3 Prohibition.

No foreign air carrier shall carry any blind sector traffic, as defined in this part, on any flight operating in air transportation pursuant to the authority of a foreign air carrier permit issued under 49 U.S.C. 41301, unless the combined carriage of such traffic has been specifically authorized by such permit, or by a Special Authorization issued under § 216.4.

[ER-525, 33 FR 692, Jan. 19, 1968, as amended by Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15926, Apr. 16, 2019]