---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 129.21"
title: "14"
number: "129.21"
heading: "Control of traffic."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/129.21"
---

# §129.21. Control of traffic.

- (a) Subject to applicable immigration laws and regulations, each foreign air carrier must furnish sufficient personnel necessary to provide two-way voice communications between its aircraft and stations at places where the FAA finds that communication is necessary but cannot be maintained in a language with which station operators are familiar.
- (b) Each person furnished by a foreign air carrier under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must be able to speak English and the language necessary to maintain communications with its aircraft and must assist station operators in directing traffic.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2002-14002, 72 FR 31683, June 7, 2007]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 1372, 40113, 40119, 44101, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722, 44901-44904, 44906, 44912, 46105, Pub. L. 107-71 sec. 104.

### Source

Source: Docket 1994, 29 FR 1720, Feb. 5, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2002-14002, 72 FR 31683, June 7, 2007]