---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 119.61"
title: "14"
number: "119.61"
heading: "Duration and surrender of certificate and operations specifications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/119.61"
---

# §119.61. Duration and surrender of certificate and operations specifications.

- (a) **An Air Carrier Certificate or Operating Certificate issued under this part is effective until—**
  - (1) The certificate holder surrenders it to the Administrator; or
  - (2) **The Administrator suspends, revokes, or otherwise terminates the certificate.**
- (b) Operations specifications issued under this part, [part 121](/cfr/14/part121.md), or [part 135](/cfr/14/part135.md) of this chapter are effective unless—
  - (1) The Administrator suspends, revokes, or otherwise terminates the certificate;
  - (2) The operations specifications are amended as provided in [§ 119.51](/cfr/14/119.51.md);
  - (3) The certificate holder does not conduct a kind of operation for more than the time specified in [§ 119.63](/cfr/14/119.63.md) and fails to follow the procedures of [§ 119.63](/cfr/14/119.63.md) upon resuming that kind of operation; or
  - (4) **The Administrator suspends or revokes the operations specifications for a kind of operation.**
- (c) Within 30 days after a certificate holder terminates operations under [part 135](/cfr/14/part135.md) of this chapter, the operating certificate and operations specifications must be surrendered by the certificate holder to the responsible Flight Standards office.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 28154, 60 FR 65913, Dec. 20, 1995, as amended by Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 119-19, 83 FR 9172, Mar. 5, 2018]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101, 40102, 40103, 40113, 44105, 44106, 44111, 44701-44717, 44722, 44901, 44903, 44904, 44906, 44912, 44914, 44936, 44938, 46103, 46105; sec. 215, Pub. L. 111-216, 124 Stat. 2348.

### Source

Source: Docket 28154, 60 FR 65913, Dec. 20, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket 28154, 60 FR 65913, Dec. 20, 1995, as amended by Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 119-19, 83 FR 9172, Mar. 5, 2018]