§ 93.36 - Definitions.

For purposes of this subpart, the following definitions apply:

Airport Reservation Office (ARO) is an operational unit of the FAA's David J. Hurley Air Traffic Control System Command Center. It is responsible for the administration of reservations for unscheduled operations at LaGuardia.

Base of operations are those common slots held by a carrier at LaGuardia on December 9, 2008, that do not exceed 20 operations per day and all slots guaranteed under The Air Transport Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada.

Carrier is a U.S. or foreign air carrier with authority to conduct scheduled service under Parts 121, 129, or 135 of this chapter and the appropriate economic authority for scheduled service under 14 CFR chapter II and 49 U.S.C. chapters 411 and 413.

Common ownership with respect to two or more carriers means having in common at least 50 percent beneficial ownership or control by the same entity or entities.

Common slot is a slot that is allocated by the FAA as a lease under its cooperative agreement authority for the length of this rule.

Enhanced computer voice reservation system (e-CVRS) is the system used by the FAA to make arrival and/or departure reservations for unscheduled operations at LaGuardia and other designated airports.

Limited slot is a slot, the lease for which expires prior to the expiration of this rule for retirement or subsequent allocation by the FAA as an unrestricted slot.

Public charter is defined in 14 CFR 380.2 as a one-way or roundtrip charter flight to be performed by one or more direct air carriers that is arranged and sponsored by a public charter operator.

Public charter operator is defined in 14 CFR 380.2 as a U.S. or foreign public charter operator.

Reservation is an authorization received by a carrier or other operator of an aircraft, excluding helicopters, in accordance with procedures established by the FAA to operate an unscheduled arrival or departure on a particular day during a specific 60-minute period.

Scheduled operation is the arrival or departure segment of any operation regularly conducted by a carrier between LaGuardia and another point regularly served by that carrier.

Slot is the operational authority assigned by the FAA to a carrier to conduct one scheduled operation or a series of scheduled operations at LaGuardia on a particular day(s) of the week during a specific 30-minute period.

Unrestricted slot is a slot that is allocated to a carrier by the FAA via the auction of a lease.

Unscheduled operation is an arrival or departure segment of any operation that is not regularly conducted by a carrier or other operator of an aircraft, excluding helicopters, between LaGuardia and another service point. The following types of carrier operations shall be considered unscheduled operations for the purposes of this rule: Public, on-demand, and other charter flights; hired aircraft service; extra sections of scheduled flights; ferry flights; and other non-passenger flights.