[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR323.2]

[Page 339-340]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
   CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)
 
PART 323_TERMINATIONS, SUSPENSIONS, AND REDUCTIONS OF SERVICE--Table of 
 
Sec. 323.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    Certificated carrier means a direct air carrier holding authority to 
provide air transportation granted by the Department of Transportation 
(``DOT'') or the

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former Civil Aeronautics Board (``CAB'') in the form of a certificate of 
public convenience and necessity under section 41102 of the Title 49 of 
the United States Code (Transportation) (``the Statute'') or an all-
cargo air transportation certificate to perform all-cargo air 
transportation under section 41103 of the Statute.
    Eligible place means a place in the United States that--
    (1) Was an eligible point under section 419 of the Federal Aviation 
Act of 1958 as in effect before October 1, 1988;
    (2) Received scheduled air transportation at any time between 
January 1, 1990, and November 4, 1990; and
    (3) Is not listed in Department of Transportation Orders 89-9-37 and 
89-12-52 as a place ineligible for compensation under Subchapter II of 
Chapter 417 of the Statute. (For availability of Department of 
Transportation Orders, see 49 CFR part 7, subpart E and appendix A.)
    Essential air service is that air transportation which the 
Department has found to be essential under Subchapter II of Chapter 417 
of the Statute.
    FAA means the Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of 
Transportation.
    FAA-designated hub means any airport serving a small, medium, or 
large air traffic hub listed in the Department of Transportation 
publication, Airport Activity Statistics of Certificated Route Carriers.
    Statute means Subtitle VII of Title 49 of the United States Code 
(Transportation).
    United States includes the several States, the District of Columbia, 
and the several territories and possessions of the United States. State 
includes any of the individual entities comprising the United States.

[Docket No. 82, 50 FR 2430, Jan. 16, 1985, as amended by Doc. No. OST-
96-1269, 61 FR 19165, May 1, 1996]