Foreign air transportation


The carriage by aircraft of persons or property as a common carrier for compensation or hire, or the carriage of mail by aircraft, in commerce between a place in the United States and any place outside of the United States, whether that commerce moves wholly by aircraft or partly by aircraft and partly by other forms of transportation.

Source: 14 CFR 1.1, General definitions.

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Glossary last updated 2026-10-28.