14 CFR § 399.120 - Duration of certificates in limited-entry markets.

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title: "14 CFR § 399.120 - Duration of certificates in limited-entry markets."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "399.120"
section_name: "Duration of certificates in limited-entry markets."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "POLICY STATEMENTS"
part_number: "399"
part_name: "STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 40113(a), 41712, 46106, 46107, and 42305."
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# 399.120 Duration of certificates in limited-entry markets.

All certificate authority that the Department grants to U.S. air carriers in carrier selection proceedings will be awarded in the form of experimental certificates of five years' duration pursuant to49 U.S.C. 41102 and 41110. This provision does not alter or amend permanent certificates issued prior to January 1, 1985.

[Doc. No. 43403, 51 FR 43188, Dec. 1, 1986, as amended by Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15948, Apr. 16, 2019]