14 CFR § 223.24 - Transportation of empty mail bags.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s223.24"
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title: "14 CFR § 223.24 - Transportation of empty mail bags."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "223.24"
section_name: "Transportation of empty mail bags."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC REGULATIONS"
part_number: "223"
part_name: "FREE AND REDUCED-RATE TRANSPORTATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 40113, 40114, and 41711."
regulatory_source: "ER-1371, 48 FR 57118, Dec. 28, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "223"
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# 223.24 Transportation of empty mail bags.

Any carrier authorized to engage in foreign air transportation may transport in foreign air transportation empty air mail bags from any country to the country of origin of such bags, free of charge, on a voluntary space-available basis.