14 CFR § 291.2 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s291.2"
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title: "14 CFR § 291.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "291.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC REGULATIONS"
part_number: "291"
part_name: "CARGO OPERATIONS IN INTERSTATE AIR TRANSPORTATION"
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. 329, 41103, 41708, and 41709."
regulatory_source: "ER-1080, 43 FR 53635, Nov. 16, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "291"
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# 291.2 Definitions.

*All-cargo air transportation* means the transportation by aircraft in interstate air transportation of only property or only mail, or both.

*Interstate air transportation* means the transportation of passengers or property by aircraft as a common carrier for compensation, or the transportation of mail by aircraft—

(1) Between a place in—

(i) A State, territory, or possession of the United States and a place in the District of Columbia or another State, territory, or possession of the United States;

(ii) Hawaii and another place in Hawaii through the airspace over a place outside Hawaii;

(iii) The District of Columbia and another place in the District of Columbia; or

(iv) A territory or possession of the United States and another place in the same territory or possession; and

(2) When any part of the transportation is by aircraft.

*Reporting carrier* for Schedule T-100 purposes means the air carrier in operational control of the aircraft, i.e., the carrier that uses its flight crew under its own FAA operating authority.

*Section 41102 carrier* means an air carrier certificated under section 41102 of 49 U.S.C. Subtitle VII to transport persons, property and mail or property and mail only.

*Section 41103 carrier* means an air carrier holding a certificate issued under section 41103 of 49 U.S.C. Subtitle VII to provide all-cargo air transportation.

*Service, scheduled cargo* means transport service operated pursuant to published flight schedules including extra sections. There is no requirement on the number of weekly flights nor is there a requirement that the schedule be published in the Official Airline Guide.

*Wet-Lease Agreement* means an agreement under which one carrier leases an aircraft with flight crew to another air carrier.

[60 FR 43525, Aug. 22, 1995, as amended at 67 FR 49226, July 30, 2002; Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15933, Apr. 16, 2019]