FAA - 14 CFR PART 259
ENHANCED PROTECTIONS FOR AIRLINE PASSENGERS
| Organization: | FAA |
| Publication Date: | 1 January 2011 |
| Status: | inactive |
| Page Count: | 3 |
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Purpose.
The purpose of this part is to mitigate hardships for airline passengers during lengthy tarmac delays and otherwise to bolster air carriers' accountability to consumers.
Applicability.
This rule applies to all the flights of a certificated or commuter air carrier if the carrier operates scheduled passenger service or public charter service using any aircraft originally designed to have a passenger capacity of 30 or more seats, with the following exceptions: §§ 259.5 and 259.7 do not apply to charter service.
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