14 CFR § 252.4 - Smoking ban: air carriers.

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title: "14 CFR § 252.4 - Smoking ban: air carriers."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "252.4"
section_name: "Smoking ban: air carriers."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC REGULATIONS"
part_number: "252"
part_name: "SMOKING ABOARD AIRCRAFT"
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authority: "Pub. L. 101-164; 49 U.S.C. 40102, 40109, 40113, 41701, 41702, 41706 as amended by section 708 of Pub. L. 106-181 and section 401 of Pub. L. 112-95, 41711, and 46301."
regulatory_source: "Docket No. DOT-OST-2000-7473, 65 FR 36775, June 9, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
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# 252.4 Smoking ban: air carriers.

Air carriers shall prohibit smoking on the following flights:

(a) Scheduled passenger flights.

(b) Nonscheduled passenger flights, except for the following flights where a flight attendant is not a required crewmember on the aircraft as determined by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration:

(1) Single entity charters.

(2) On-demand services of air taxi operators.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to require air carriers to permit smoking aboard aircraft.

[Docket DOT-OST-2011-0044, 81 FR 11427, Mar. 4, 2016]