Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 129.7

and 129.24, and subpart B of this part
also apply to operations of U.S.-registered aircraft operated solely outside
the United States in common carriage
by a foreign person or foreign air carrier.
(c) Definitions. For the purpose of this
part - 
(1) Foreign person means any person
who is not a citizen of the United
States and who operates a U.S.-registered aircraft in common carriage
solely outside the United States.
(2) Years in service means the calendar
time elapsed since an aircraft was
issued its first U.S. or first foreign airworthiness certificate.
[Doc. No. FAA-1999-5401, 67 FR 72762, Dec. 6,
2002, as amended by Amdt. 129-43, 72 FR
63413, Nov. 8, 2007; Amdt. 129-45, 73 FR 12570,
Mar. 7, 2008; Amdt. 129-45, 74 FR 32801, July
9, 2009; Amdt. 129-49, 76 FR 7489, Feb. 10, 2011]

Section 129.5 Operations specifications.
(a) Each foreign air carrier conducting operations within the United
States, and each foreign air carrier or
foreign person operating U.S.-registered aircraft solely outside the
United States in common carriage
must conduct its operations in accordance with operations specifications
issued by the Administrator under this
part.
(b) Each foreign air carrier conducting operations within the United
States must conduct its operations in
accordance with the Standards contained in Annex 1 (Personnel Licensing), Annex 6 (Operation of Aircraft),
Part I (International Commercial Air
Transport - Aeroplanes) or Part III
(International
Operations - Helicopters), as appropriate, and in Annex 8
(Airworthiness of Aircraft) to the Convention on International Civil Aviation.
(c) No foreign air carrier may operate
to or from locations within the United
States without, or in violation of, appropriate operations specifications.
(d) No foreign air carrier or foreign
person shall operate U.S.-registered
aircraft solely outside the United
States in common carriage without, or
in violation of, appropriate operations
specifications.
(e) Each foreign air carrier must keep
each of its employees and other persons

used in its operations informed of the
provisions of its operations specifications that apply to that employee-s or
person-s duties and responsibilities.
(f) Operations specifications issued
under this part are effective until - 
(1) The foreign air carrier or foreign
person surrenders them to the FAA;
(2) The Administrator suspends or
terminates the operations specifications; or
(3) The operations specifications are
amended as provided in Section 129.11.
(g) Within 30 days after a foreign air
carrier or foreign person terminates
operations under part 129 of this subchapter, the operations specifications
must be surrendered by the foreign air
carrier or foreign person to the responsible Flight Standards office.
(h) No person operating under this
part may operate or list on its operations specifications any airplane listed on operations specifications issued
under part 125 of this chapter.
[Doc. No. FAA-2009-0140; 76 FR 7489, Feb. 10,
2011, as amended by Docket FAA-2018-0119,
Amdt. 129-53, 83 FR 9174, Mar. 5, 2018]

Section 129.7 Application, issuance, or denial
of operations specifications.
(a) A foreign air carrier or foreign
person applying to the FAA for operations specifications under this part
must submit an application - 
(1) In a form and manner prescribed
by the Administrator; and
(2) At least 90 days before the intended date of operation.
(b) An authorized officer or employee
of the applicant, having knowledge of
the matters stated in the application,
must sign the application and certify
in writing that the statements in the
application are true. The application
must include two copies of the appropriate written authority issued to that
officer or employee by the applicant.
(c) A foreign applicant may be issued
operations specifications, if after review, the Administrator finds the applicant - 
(1) Meets the applicable requirements
of this part;
(2) Holds the economic or exemption
authority required by the Department
of Transportation, applicable to the operations to be conducted;

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