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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 119.41 

(7) A schedule of insurance coverage 

in effect on the balance sheet date 
showing insurance companies; policy 
numbers; types, amounts, and period of 
coverage; and special conditions, exclu-
sions, and limitations. 

(8) Any other financial information 

that the Administrator requires to en-
able him or her to determine that the 
applicant has sufficient financial re-
sources to conduct his or her oper-
ations with the degree of safety re-
quired in the public interest. 

(f) Each financial statement con-

taining financial information required 
by paragraph (e) of this section must 
be based on accounts prepared and 
maintained on an accrual basis in ac-
cordance with generally accepted ac-
counting principles applied on a con-
sistent basis, and must contain the 
name and address of the applicant’s 
public accounting firm, if any. Infor-
mation submitted must be signed by an 
officer, owner, or partner of the appli-
cant or certificate holder. 

[Doc. No. 28154, 62 FR 13254, Mar. 19, 1997; 62 
FR 15570, Apr. 1, 1997, as amended by Docket 
FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 119–19, 83 FR 9172, Mar. 
5, 2018] 

§ 119.37 Contents of an Air Carrier 

Certificate or Operating Certificate. 

The Air Carrier Certificate or Oper-

ating Certificate includes— 

(a) The certificate holder’s name; 
(b) The location of the certificate 

holder’s principal base of operations; 

(c) The certificate number; 
(d) The certificate’s effective date; 

and 

(e) The name or the designator of the 

responsible Flight Standards office. 

[Docket No. 28154, 60 FR 65913, Dec. 20, 1995, 
as amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 
119–19, 83 FR 9172, Mar. 5, 2018] 

§ 119.39 Issuing or denying a certifi-

cate. 

(a) An applicant may be issued an Air 

Carrier Certificate or Operating Cer-
tificate if, after investigation, the Ad-
ministrator finds that the applicant— 

(1) Meets the applicable requirements 

of this part; 

(2) Holds the economic authority ap-

plicable to the kinds of operations to 
be conducted, issued by the Depart-

ment of Transportation, if required; 
and 

(3) Is properly and adequately 

equipped in accordance with the re-
quirements of this chapter and is able 
to conduct a safe operation under ap-
propriate provisions of part 121 or part 
135 of this chapter and operations spec-
ifications issued under this part. 

(b) An application for a certificate 

may be denied if the Administrator 
finds that— 

(1) The applicant is not properly or 

adequately equipped or is not able to 
conduct safe operations under this sub-
chapter; 

(2) The applicant previously held an 

Air Carrier Certificate or Operating 
Certificate which was revoked; 

(3) The applicant intends to or fills a 

key management position listed in 
§ 119.65(a) or § 119.69(a), as applicable, 
with an individual who exercised con-
trol over or who held the same or a 
similar position with a certificate 
holder whose certificate was revoked, 
or is in the process of being revoked, 
and that individual materially contrib-
uted to the circumstances causing rev-
ocation or causing the revocation proc-
ess; 

(4) An individual who will have con-

trol over or have a substantial owner-
ship interest in the applicant had the 
same or similar control or interest in a 
certificate holder whose certificate was 
revoked, or is in the process of being 
revoked, and that individual materi-
ally contributed to the circumstances 
causing revocation or causing the rev-
ocation process; or 

(5) In the case of an applicant for an 

Operating Certificate for intrastate 
common carriage, that for financial 
reasons the applicant is not able to 
conduct a safe operation. 

§ 119.41 Amending a certificate. 

(a) The Administrator may amend 

any certificate issued under this part 
if— 

(1) The Administrator determines, 

under 49 U.S.C. 44709 and part 13 of this 
chapter, that safety in air commerce 
and the public interest requires the 
amendment; or 

(2) The certificate holder applies for 

the amendment and the responsible 
Flight Standards office determines 

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§ 119.43 

that safety in air commerce and the 
public interest allows the amendment. 

(b) When the Administrator proposes 

to issue an order amending, sus-
pending, or revoking all or part of any 
certificate, the procedure in § 13.19 of 
this chapter applies. 

(c) When the certificate holder ap-

plies for an amendment of its certifi-
cate, the following procedure applies: 

(1) The certificate holder must file an 

application to amend its certificate 
with the responsible Flight Standards 
office at least 15 days before the date 
proposed by the applicant for the 
amendment to become effective, unless 
the administrator approves filing with-
in a shorter period; and 

(2) The application must be sub-

mitted to the responsible Flight Stand-
ards office in the form and manner pre-
scribed by the Administrator. 

(d) When a certificate holder seeks 

reconsideration of a decision from the 
responsible Flight Standards office 
concerning amendments of a certifi-
cate, the following procedure applies: 

(1) The petition for reconsideration 

must be made within 30 days after the 
certificate holder receives the notice of 
denial; and 

(2) The certificate holder must peti-

tion for reconsideration to the Execu-
tive Director, Flight Standards Serv-
ice. 

[Docket No. 28154, 60 FR 65913, Dec. 20, 1995, 
as amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 
119–19, 83 FR 9172, Mar. 5, 2018] 

§ 119.43 Certificate holder’s duty to 

maintain operations specifications. 

(a) Each certificate holder shall 

maintain a complete and separate set 
of its operations specifications at its 
principal base of operations. 

(b) Each certificate holder shall in-

sert pertinent excerpts of its oper-
ations specifications, or references 
thereto, in its manual and shall— 

(1) Clearly identify each such excerpt 

as a part of its operations specifica-
tions; and 

(2) State that compliance with each 

operations specifications requirement 
is mandatory. 

(c) Each certificate holder shall keep 

each of its employees and other persons 
used in its operations informed of the 
provisions of its operations specifica-

tions that apply to that employee’s or 
person’s duties and responsibilities. 

§ 119.45 [Reserved] 

§ 119.47 Maintaining a principal base 

of operations, main operations base, 

and main maintenance base; change 

of address. 

(a) Each certificate holder must 

maintain a principal base of oper-
ations. Each certificate holder may 
also establish a main operations base 
and a main maintenance base which 
may be located at either the same loca-
tion as the principal base of operations 
or at separate locations. 

(b) At least 30 days before it proposes 

to establish or change the location of 
its principal base of operations, its 
main operations base, or its main 
maintenance base, a certificate holder 
must provide written notification to 
its responsible Flight Standards office. 

[Docket No. 28154, 60 FR 65913, Dec. 20, 1995, 
as amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 
119–19, 83 FR 9172, Mar. 5, 2018] 

§ 119.49 Contents of operations speci-

fications. 

(a) Each certificate holder con-

ducting domestic, flag, or commuter 
operations must obtain operations 
specifications containing all of the fol-
lowing: 

(1) The specific location of the cer-

tificate holder’s principal base of oper-
ations and, if different, the address 
that shall serve as the primary point of 
contact for correspondence between the 
FAA and the certificate holder and the 
name and mailing address of the cer-
tificate holder’s agent for service. 

(2) Other business names under which 

the certificate holder may operate. 

(3) Reference to the economic author-

ity issued by the Department of Trans-
portation, if required. 

(4) Type of aircraft, registration 

markings, and serial numbers of each 
aircraft authorized for use, each reg-
ular and alternate airport to be used in 
scheduled operations, and, except for 
commuter operations, each provisional 
and refueling airport. 

(i) Subject to the approval of the Ad-

ministrator with regard to form and 
content, the certificate holder may in-
corporate by reference the items listed