The commercial system of air transportation comprising large certificated air carriers, small certificated air carriers, commuter air carriers, on-demand air taxis, supplemental air carriers, and air travel clubs.
A commercial airline with published schedules operating at least five round trips per week.
Certificated provider of scheduled and nonscheduled services.
Person who undertakes directly by lease, or other arrangement, to engage in air transportation.
An enterprise that offers transportation service via air.
Air carriers are aircraft operators, licensed by the National Transportation Agency of Canada to transport persons, mail, or goods by air, that have an official International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Official Airline Guide (OAG) or Transport Canada designator and that have a scheduled unit toll air service regardless of aircraft weights or an irregular unit toll air service using an aircraft that has more than 5,670 kg of gross take-off weight.
An operator (e.g., airline) in the commercial system of air transportation consisting of aircraft that hold certificates of, Public Convenience and Necessity, issued by the Department of Transportation, to conduct scheduled or non-scheduled flights within the country or abroad.