14 CFR § 296.1 - Purpose.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s296.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 296.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "296.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC REGULATIONS"
part_number: "296"
part_name: "INDIRECT AIR TRANSPORTATION OF PROPERTY"
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, 417."
regulatory_source: "ER-1261, 46 FR 54727, Nov. 4, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "296"
---


# 296.1 Purpose.

This part establishes rules for the indirect air transportation of property. It creates a class of air carriers to provide this air transportation and grants exemptions from certain provisions of the Subtitle VII of Title 49 of the United States Code (Transportation).

[ER-1257, 46 FR 52591, Oct. 27, 1981, as amended at 60 FR 43527, Aug. 22, 1995]