Article 2

For the purposes of this Regulation: 'air carrier' means an air transport undertaking with a valid operating licence; 'Community air carrier' means an air carrier with a valid operating licence granted by a Member State in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 of 23 July 1992 of licensing of air carriers(7) ; 'air service' means a flight or a series of flights carrying passengers, cargo and/or mail for remuneration and/or hire; 'scheduled air service' means a series of flights possessing all the following characteristics: it is performed by aircraft for the transport of passengers, cargo and/or mail for remuneration, in such a manner that on each flight seats are available for individual purchase by members of the public (either directly from the air carrier of from its authorized agents); it is operated so as to serve traffic between the same two or more airports, either: 1. according to a published timetable; or 2. with flights so regular or frequent that they constitute a recognizably systematic series; 'flight' means a departure from a specified airport towards a specified destination airport; 'traffic right' means the right of an air carrier to carry passengers, cargo and/or mail on an air service between tow Community airports; 'seat-only sales' means the sale of seats, without any other service bundled, such as accommodation, directly to the public by the air carrier or its authorized agent or a charterer; 'Member State(s) concerned' means the Member State(s) between or within which an air service is operated; 'Member State(s) involved' means the Member State(s) concerned and the Member State(s) where the air carrier(s) operating the air service is (are) licensed; 'State of registration' means the Member State in which the licence referred to in (b) is granted; 'airport' means any area in a Member State which is open for commercial air transport operations; 'regional airport' means any airport other than one listed in Annex I as a category 1 airport; 'airport system' means two or more airports grouped together as serving the same city or conurbation, as indicated in Annex II; 'capacity' means the number of seats offered to the general public on a scheduled air service over a given period; 'public service obligation' means any obligation imposed upon an air carrier to take, in respect of any route which it is licensed to operate by a Member State, all necessary measures to ensure the provision of a service satisfying fixed standards of continuity, regularity, capacity and pricing, which standards the air carrier would not assume if it were solely considering its commercial interest.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-10 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.