Air Transportation Regulations (SOR/88-58)
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Air Transportation Regulations
SOR/88-58
Registration 1987-12-31
Regulations Respecting Air Transportation
P.C. 1987-2724 1987-12-31
Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport, pursuant to section 102 of the National Transportation Act, 1987Footnote *, is pleased hereby to approve the annexed Regulations respecting air transportation made by the National Transportation Agency.
Return to footnote *S.C. 1987, c. 34
Short Title
1 These Regulations may be cited as the Air Transportation Regulations.
Interpretation
2 In these Regulations and Part II of the Act,
- ABC/ITC
ABC/ITC[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- ABC/ITC (domestic)
ABC/ITC (domestic) [Repealed, SOR/96-335, s. 1]
- accommodation
accommodation means sleeping facilities provided on a commercial basis to the general public; (logement)
- Act
Act means the Canada Transportation Act; (Loi)
- advance booking charter
advance booking charter or ABC[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- advance booking charter (domestic)
advance booking charter (domestic) or ABC (domestic) [Repealed, SOR/96-335, s. 1]
- air carrier
air carrier means any person who operates a domestic service or an international service; (transporteur aérien)
- air crew
air crew means the flight crew and one or more persons who, under the authority of an air carrier, perform in-flight duties in the passenger cabin of an aircraft of the air carrier; (personnel d’aéronef)
- aircrew
aircrew [Repealed, SOR/96-335, s. 1]
- all-cargo aircraft
all-cargo aircraft means an aircraft that is equipped for the carriage of goods only; (aéronef tout-cargo)
- back-to-back flights
back-to-back flights [Repealed, SOR/96-335, s. 1]
- base
base [Repealed, SOR/96-335, s. 1]
- business office
business office, with respect to an air carrier, includes any place in Canada where the air carrier receives goods for transportation or offers passenger tickets for sale, but does not include an office of a travel agent; (bureau)
- Canadian charter carrier licensee
Canadian charter carrier licensee[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- certificated maximum carrying capacity
certificated maximum carrying capacity means
(a) the maximum number of passengers specified in the Type Approval Data Sheet or the Type Certificate Data Sheet issued or accepted by the competent Canadian authority for the aircraft type and model, or
(b) in respect of a particular aircraft that has been modified to allow a higher number of passengers, the maximum number of passengers specified in the Supplemental Type Approval or the Supplemental Type Certificate issued or accepted by the competent Canadian authority; (capacité maximale certifiée)
- charter flight
charter flight means a flight that originates in a foreign country and is destined to Canada or originates in Canada and is destined to another country and that is operated according to a charter contract or arrangement for one-way or round-trip transportation of passengers or goods; (vol affrété)
- common purpose charter
common purpose charter or CPC[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- common purpose charter (domestic)
common purpose charter (domestic) or CPC (domestic) [Repealed, SOR/96-335, s. 1]
- courier service
courier service[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- CPC educational program
CPC educational program[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- CPC event
CPC event[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- door-to-door transportation
door-to-door transportation[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- entity charter
entity charter[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- fifth freedom
fifth freedom[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- flight crew
flight crew means one or more persons acting as pilot-in-command, second officer, co-pilot, flight navigator or flight engineer during flight time; (équipage)
- fourth freedom
fourth freedom[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- goods
goods means anything that can be transported by air, including animals; (marchandises)
- goods charter
goods charter means a charter flight that originates in a foreign country and is destined to Canada or originates in Canada and is destined to another country and that is operated according to a charter contract or arrangement to carry goods; (vol affrété de marchandises)
- inclusive tour
inclusive tour or tour[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- inclusive tour charter
inclusive tour charter or ITC[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- inclusive tour charter (domestic)
inclusive tour charter (domestic) or ITC (domestic)[Repealed, SOR/96-335, s. 1]
- inclusive tour price
inclusive tour price[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- large aircraft
large aircraft means an aircraft equipped for the carriage of passengers and having a certificated maximum carrying capacity of more than 89 passengers; (gros aéronef)
- MCTOW
MCTOW means the maximum certificated take-off weight for aircraft as shown in the aircraft flight manual referred to in the aircraft’s Certificate of Airworthiness issued by the competent Canadian or foreign authority; (MMHD)
- medium aircraft
medium aircraft means an aircraft equipped for the carriage of passengers and having a certificated maximum carrying capacity of more than 39 but not more than 89 passengers; (aéronef moyen)
- mile
mile means a statute mile unless a nautical mile is specified; (mille)
- passenger
passenger[Repealed, SOR/2019-150, s. 37]
- passenger foreign origin charter
passenger foreign origin charter means a charter flight that originates in a foreign country and is destined to Canada and that is operated according to a charter contract or arrangement for the transportation of passengers; (vol affrété de passagers en provenance d’un pays étranger)
- passenger non-resaleable charter
passenger non-resaleable charter means a charter flight that originates in Canada and is destined to another country, that is operated according to a charter contract or arrangement and that engages an aircraft on which the passenger seating capacity is not for resale to the public; (vol affrété de passagers non revendable)
- passenger resaleable charter
passenger resaleable charter means a charter flight that originates in Canada and is destined to another country, that is operated according to a charter contract or arrangement and that engages an aircraft on which the passenger seating capacity is chartered for resale to the public; (vol affrété de passagers revendable)
- permit
permit[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- point
point [Repealed, SOR/96-335, s. 1]
- price per seat
price per seat[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- public liability
public liability[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- Secretary
Secretary means the Secretary of the Agency; (secrétaire)
- small aircraft
small aircraft means an aircraft equipped for the carriage of passengers and having a certificated maximum carrying capacity of not more than 39 passengers; (petit aéronef)
- territory
territory means the land areas under the sovereignty, jurisdiction or trusteeship of a state, as well as territorial waters adjacent thereto, and any reference to a state shall be construed, where applicable, as a reference to the territory of that state and any reference to a geographical area comprising several states shall be construed, where applicable, as a reference to the aggregate of the territories of the states constituting that geographical area; (territoire)
- third freedom
third freedom[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- third party liability
third party liability means legal liability of an air carrier, arising from the air carrier’s operation, ownership or possession of an aircraft, for
(a) injury to or death of persons other than the air carrier’s passengers or air crew; and
(b) damage to property other than property in the air carrier’s charge; (responsabilité à l’égard des tiers)
- toll
toll[Repealed, SOR/2012-298, s. 1]
- tour features
tour features[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- tour operator
tour operator[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- traffic
traffic means any persons or goods that are transported by air; (trafic)
- transborder goods charter
transborder goods charter or TGC[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- transborder passenger charter
transborder passenger charter or TPC[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- transborder passenger non-resaleable charter
transborder passenger non-resaleable charter or TPNC[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- transborder United States charter
transborder United States charter or TUSC[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- transportation
transportation[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- United States charter carrier licensee
United States charter carrier licensee[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- United States charterer
United States charterer[Repealed, SOR/2019-176, s. 1]
- working day
working day, in respect of the filing of a document with the Agency, at its head office or a regional office, means a day on which offices of the Public Service of Canada are generally open in the province where the head office or regional office is situated. (jour ouvrable)
- SOR/90-740, s. 1
- SOR/93-253, s. 2
- SOR/94-379, s. 4
- SOR/96-335, s. 1
- SOR/2012-298, s. 1
- SOR/2019-150, s. 37
- SOR/2019-176, s. 1
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