[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR380.3]

[Page 398-399]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
   CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)
 
PART 380--PUBLIC CHARTERS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 380.3  General provisions.

    (a) Public Charters may be operated on a one-way or round-trip 
basis, with no minimum group or contract size. Public Charters may be 
sold on an air-only basis, or with mandatory or optional land 
arrangements.
    (b) A U.S. Public Charter operator operating a Public Charter which 
originates in a foreign country shall not be subject to the requirements 
of Secs. 380.25, 380.28, 380.30 and 380.35.
    (c) The Department declines to exercise jurisdiction over a foreign 
Public Charter operator which operates a Public Charter originating in a 
foreign

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country, but reserves the right to exercise its jurisdiction over any 
foreign Public Charter operator at any time its finds that such action 
is in the public interest.
    (d)(1) An educational institution operating a Public Charter need 
not comply with the financial security requirements of Sec. 380.34 if 
each student participant in the charter is enrolled in a formal academic 
course of study outside the United States, sponsored by or in 
conjunction with that institution, that is of at least four weeks' 
duration.
    (2) The spouse, children, and parents of a student participant may 
accompany the participant on a charter operated under this section.
    (e) The Department, upon application or on its own initiative, may 
waive any of the provision of this part if it finds such action to be in 
the public interest.