[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR129.1]

[Page 632]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICSAND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                               (CONTINUED)
 
PART 129--OPERATIONS: FOREIGN AIR CARRIERS AND FOREIGN OPERATORS OF 
U.S.-REGISTERED AIRCRAFT ENGAGED IN COMMON CARRIAGE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 129.1  Applicability.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, this part 
prescribes rules governing the operation within the United States of 
each foreign air carrier holding a permit issued by the Civil 
Aeronautics Board or the Department of Transportation under section 402 
of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1372) or other 
appropriate economic or exemption authority issued by the Civil 
Aeronautics Board or the Department of Transportation.
    (b) Sections 129.14 and 129.20 also apply to U.S.-registered 
aircraft operated in common carriage by a foreign person or foreign air 
carrier solely outside the United States. For the purpose of this part, 
a foreign person is any person, not a citizen for the United States, who 
operates a U.S.-registered aircraft in common carriage solely outside 
the United States.

[Doc. No. 24856, 52 FR 20029, May. 28, 1987, as amended by Amdt. 129-27, 
62 FR 38396, July 17, 1997]

    Effective Date Note: By Doc. No. FAA-1999-5401, 67 FR 72762, Dec. 6, 
2002,Sec. 129.1 was revised, effective Dec. 8, 2003. For the convenience 
of the user, the revised text follows:

Sec. 129.1  Applicability and definitions.

    (a) Foreign air carrier operations in the United States. This part 
prescribes rules governing the operation within the United States of 
each foreign air carrier holding the following:
    (1) A permit issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board or the U.S. 
Department of Transportation under 49 U.S.C. 41301 through 41306 
(formerly section 402 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended), 
or
    (2) Other appropriate economic or exemption authority issued by the 
Civil Aeronautics Board or the U.S. Department of Transportation.
    (b) Operations of U.S.-registered aircraft solely outside the United 
States. In addition to the operations specified under paragraph (a) of 
this section, Secs. 129.14, 129.16, 129.20, 129.32, and 129.33 also 
apply to U.S.-registered aircraft operated solely outside the United 
States in common carriage by a foreign person or foreign air carrier.
    (c) Definitions. For the purpose of this part--
    (1) Foreign person means any person who is not a citizen of the 
United States and who operates a U.S.-registered aircraft in common 
carriage solely outside the United States.
    (2) Years in service means the calendar time elapsed since an 
aircraft was issued its first U.S. or first foreign airworthiness 
certificate.