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Office of the Secretary, DOT 

§ 375.1 

§ 374a.8

Prospective application of 

part. 

The provisions of this part shall 

apply only to the extension of credit by 
an air carrier to a candidate, or to a 
person acting on his behalf, which is 
made subsequent to the effective date 
of this part, and shall not be applicable 
to debts incurred prior to such date but 
which are unpaid as of the effective 
date of this part. The provisions of this 
part will be applicable, however, to all 
credit transactions which occur subse-
quent to the effective date of the part 
even though the credit account in 
which the transaction takes place was 
opened prior to the effective date of 
the part. 

PART 375—NAVIGATION OF FOR-

EIGN CIVIL AIRCRAFT WITHIN THE 
UNITED STATES 

Subpart A—General 

Sec. 
375.1

Definitions. 

375.2

Applicability. 

375.3

[Reserved] 

Subpart B—Authorization 

375.10

Certain foreign civil aircraft reg-

istered in ICAO member states. 

375.11

Other foreign civil aircraft. 

Subpart C—Rules Generally Applicable 

375.19

Nature of privilege conferred. 

375.20

Airworthiness and registration cer-

tificates. 

375.21

Airmen. 

375.22

Flight operations. 

375.23

Maximum allowable weights. 

375.24

Entry and clearance. 

375.25

Unauthorized operations. 

375.26

Waiver of sovereign immunity. 

Subpart D—Authorized Operations 

375.30

Operations other than commercial air 

operations. 

375.31

Demonstration flights of foreign air-

craft. 

375.32

Flights incidental to agricultural and 

industrial operations outside the United 
States. 

375.33

Transit flights, irregular operations. 

375.34

Indoctrination training. 

375.35

Free transportation. 

375.36

Lease of foreign civil aircraft without 

crew. 

375.37

Certain business aviation activities 

using U.S.-registered foreign civil air-
craft. 

375.38

Other foreign civil aircraft: Small un-

manned aircraft operated exclusively as 
model aircraft. 

Subpart E—Operations Requiring Specific 

Preflight Authorization of Filing 

375.40

Permits for commercial air oper-

ations. 

375.41

Agricultural and industrial oper-

ations within the United States. 

375.42

Transport operations—occasional 

planeload charters. 

375.43

Application for foreign aircraft per-

mit. 

375.44

Issuance of permit. 

375.45

Records and reports of occasional 

planeload charters. 

Subpart F—Transit Flights. 

375.50

Transit flights; scheduled inter-

national air service operations. 

Subpart G—Penalties 

375.60

Penalties. 

Subpart H—Special Authorization 

375.70

Special authorization. 

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: OST Doc. No. 42547, 51 FR 7254, 

Mar. 3, 1986, unless otherwise noted. 

Subpart A—General 

§ 375.1

Definitions. 

As used in this part: 
Air transportation means the carriage 

by aircraft of persons or property as a 
common carrier for compensation or 
hire or the carriage of mail by aircraft 
in interstate, overseas, or foreign com-
merce (see 49 U.S.C. 40102 (a)(5) and 
(a)(24)); 

Category  shall indicate a classifica-

tion of aircraft such as airplane, heli-
copter, glider, etc.; 

Commercial air operations shall mean 

operations by foreign civil aircraft en-
gaged in flights for the purpose of crop 
dusting, pest control, pipeline patrol, 
mapping, surveying, banner towing, 
skywriting, or similar agricultural and 
industrial operations performed in the 
United States, and any operations for 

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§ 375.2 

remuneration or hire to, from or with-
in the United States including air car-
riage involving the discharging or tak-
ing on of passengers or cargo at one or 
more points in the United States, in-
cluding carriage of cargo for the opera-
tor’s own account if the cargo is to be 
resold or otherwise used in the further-
ance of a business other than the busi-
ness of providing carriage by aircraft, 
but excluding operations pursuant to 
foreign air carrier permits issued under 
49 U.S.C. 41301, exemptions, and all 
other operations in air transportation. 

Exemption means an exemption grant-

ed, under 49 U.S.C. 40109, authorizing 
air transportation by a foreign air car-
rier; 

Foreign air carrier permit means a per-

mit authorizing foreign air transpor-
tation by a foreign air carrier pursuant 
to 49 U.S.C. 41301; 

Foreign aircraft permit means a permit 

authorizing navigation of foreign civil 
aircraft in the United States pursuant 
to 49 U.S.C. 41703 and this part; 

Foreign civil aircraft means (a) an air-

craft of foreign registry that is not 
part of the armed forces of a foreign 
nation, or (b) a U.S.-registered aircraft 
owned, controlled or operated by per-
sons who are not citizens or permanent 
residents of the United States; 

Stop for non-traffic purposes means a 

landing for any purpose other than 
taking on or discharging passengers, 
cargo or mail, and does not include 
landings for embarking or dis-
embarking stopover passengers or 
transshipped cargo or mail, or for other 
than strictly operational purposes. 

Type  means all aircraft of the same 

basic design including all modifica-
tions thereto except those modifica-
tions that result in a change in han-
dling or flight characteristics. 

[OST Doc. No. 42547, 51 FR 7254, Mar. 3, 1986, 
as amended at 71 FR 15328, Mar. 28, 2006; Doc. 
No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15940, Apr. 16, 
2019] 

§ 375.2

Applicability. 

The provisions of this part regulate 

the admission to, and navigation in, 
the United States of foreign civil air-
craft other than aircraft operated 
under authority contained in a foreign 
air carrier permit or exemption. This 
part also contains provisions that 

specify the extent to which certain 
classes of flight operations by foreign 
civil aircraft may be conducted, and 
the terms and conditions applicable to 
such operations. Nothing in this part 
shall authorize any foreign civil air-
craft to engage in air transportation 
nor be deemed to provide for such au-
thorization by the Department. 

§ 375.3

[Reserved] 

Subpart B—Authorization 

§ 375.10

Certain foreign civil aircraft 

registered in ICAO member states. 

Subject to the observance of the ap-

plicable rules, conditions, and limita-
tions set forth in this part: 

(a) Foreign civil aircraft manufac-

tured in a State that at the time of 
manufacture was a member of the 
International Civil Aviation Organiza-
tion (ICAO), and registered in a State 
that at the time of flight is a member 
of ICAO, may be navigated in the 
United States; 

(b) Foreign civil aircraft manufac-

tured in a State that at the time of 
manufacture was not a member of 
ICAO, and registered in a State that at 
the time of flight is a member of ICAO, 
may be navigated in the United States, 

(1) If the State of registry has noti-

fied ICAO that the requirements under 
which it issues or renders valid certifi-
cates of airworthiness are equal to or 
above the minimum standards estab-
lished pursuant to the Chicago Conven-
tion, or 

(2) If such notification has not been 

made to ICAO at the time of flight, 
there is on file with the Department a 
statement by the State of registry 
that, with regard to aircraft of the 
type that is proposed to be operated 
hereunder, the requirements under 
which certificates of airworthiness are 
issued or rendered valid are equal to or 
above the minimum standards estab-
lished pursuant to the Chicago Conven-
tion. 

§ 375.11

Other foreign civil aircraft. 

A foreign civil aircraft, including un-

manned aircraft as defined in § 1.1 of 
this title, other than those referred to 
in § 375.10 may be navigated in the 
United States only when: 

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