[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 14, Volume 4] [Revised as of January 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 14CFR294.89] [Page 242-243] TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS) PART 294_CANADIAN CHARTER AIR TAXI OPERATORS--Table of Contents Subpart I_Terms, Conditions, and Limitations of This Part Sec. 294.89 Uplift ratio. Except as set forth in Sec. 294.60, the aggregate number of all United States-originating charter flights performed by a registrant on or after May 8, 1974, shall not, at the end of any calendar quarter, exceed by more than one-third the aggregate number of all Canadian- originating charter flights performed by the registrant on or after May 8, 1974. For the purpose of making such computation, the following shall apply: (a) A charter shall be considered to originate in the United States (or Canada) if the passengers or property are first taken on board in that country, [[Page 243]] and shall be considered as one flight whether the charter is one-way, round trip, circle tour, or open jaw, even if a separate contract is entered into for a return portion of the charter trip from Canada (or the United States). (b) The computation shall be made separately for (1) ``small aircraft'' flights of persons; and (2) ``small aircraft'' flights of property. (c) In the case of a lease of aircraft with crew for the performance of a charter flight on behalf and under the authority of another carrier, the flight shall be included in the computation if the registrant is the lessee, and shall not be included if the registrant is the lessor. (d) There shall be excluded from the computation: (1) Flights with aircraft having a maximum authorized takeoff weight on wheels (as determined by Canadian Transport Commission Regulations) not greater than 18,000 pounds; and (2) Flights originating at a United States terminal point on a route listed in the Air Transport Services Agreement between the United States and Canada, signed January 17, 1966, as amended, or any agreement which may supersede it, or any supplementary agreement thereto which establishes obligations or privileges thereunder. These flights may be excluded from the computation only if, pursuant to any such agreement, the registrant also holds a foreign air carrier permit authorizing individually ticketed or individually waybilled service over that route, and provides some scheduled service on any route pursuant to any such agreement, and such flights serve either (i) a Canadian terminal point on such route, or (ii) any Canadian intermediate point authorized for service on the route by the foreign air carrier permit.