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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 110.2 

Noncommon carriage 

means an air-

craft operation for compensation or 
hire that does not involve a holding 
out to others. 

On-demand operation 

means any oper-

ation for compensation or hire that is 
one of the following: 

(1) Passenger-carrying operations 

conducted as a public charter under 
part 380 of this chapter or any oper-
ations in which the departure time, de-
parture location, and arrival location 
are specifically negotiated with the 
customer or the customer’s representa-
tive that are any of the following types 
of operations: 

(i) Common carriage operations con-

ducted with airplanes, including tur-
bojet-powered airplanes, having a pas-
senger-seat configuration of 30 seats or 
fewer, excluding each crewmember 
seat, and a payload capacity of 7,500 
pounds or less, except that operations 
using a specific airplane that is also 
used in domestic or flag operations and 
that is so listed in the operations speci-
fications as required by § 119.49(a)(4) of 
this chapter for those operations are 
considered supplemental operations; 

(ii) Noncommon or private carriage 

operations conducted with airplanes 
having a passenger-seat configuration 
of less than 20 seats, excluding each 
crewmember seat, and a payload capac-
ity of less than 6,000 pounds; or 

(iii) Any rotorcraft operation. 
(2) Scheduled passenger-carrying op-

erations conducted with one of the fol-
lowing types of aircraft with a fre-
quency of operations of less than five 
round trips per week on at least one 
route between two or more points ac-
cording to the published flight sched-
ules: 

(i) Airplanes, other than turbojet 

powered airplanes, having a maximum 
passenger-seat configuration of 9 seats 
or less, excluding each crewmember 
seat, and a maximum payload capacity 
of 7,500 pounds or less; or 

(ii) Rotorcraft. 
(3) All-cargo operations conducted 

with airplanes having a payload capac-
ity of 7,500 pounds or less, or with 
rotorcraft. 

Passenger-carrying operation 

means 

any aircraft operation carrying any 
person, unless the only persons on the 
aircraft are those identified in 

§§ 121.583(a) or 135.85 of this chapter, as 
applicable. An aircraft used in a pas-
senger-carrying operation may also 
carry cargo or mail in addition to pas-
sengers. 

Principal base of operations 

means the 

primary operating location of a certifi-
cate holder as established by the cer-
tificate holder. 

Provisional airport 

means an airport 

approved by the Administrator for use 
by a certificate holder for the purpose 
of providing service to a community 
when the regular airport used by the 
certificate holder is not available. 

Regular airport 

means an airport used 

by a certificate holder in scheduled op-
erations and listed in its operations 
specifications. 

Scheduled operation 

means any com-

mon carriage passenger-carrying oper-
ation for compensation or hire con-
ducted by an air carrier or commercial 
operator for which the certificate hold-
er or its representative offers in ad-
vance the departure location, depar-
ture time, and arrival location. It does 
not include any passenger-carrying op-
eration that is conducted as a public 
charter operation under part 380 of this 
chapter. 

Supplemental operation 

means any 

common carriage operation for com-
pensation or hire conducted with any 
airplane described in paragraph (1) of 
this definition that is a type of oper-
ation described in paragraph (2) of this 
definition: 

(1) Airplanes: 
(i) Airplanes having a passenger-seat 

configuration of more than 30 seats, ex-
cluding each crewmember seat; 

(ii) Airplanes having a payload ca-

pacity of more than 7,500 pounds; or 

(iii) Each propeller-powered airplane 

having a passenger-seat configuration 
of more than 9 seats and less than 31 
seats, excluding each crewmember 
seat, that is also used in domestic or 
flag operations and that is so listed in 
the operations specifications as re-
quired by § 119.49(a)(4) of this chapter 
for those operations; or 

(iv) Each turbojet powered airplane 

having a passenger seat configuration 
of 1 or more and less than 31 seats, ex-
cluding each crewmember seat, that is 
also used in domestic or flag operations 
and that is so listed in the operations 

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