---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 259.1"
title: "14"
number: "259.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/259.1"
---

# §259.1. Purpose.


The purpose of this part is to mitigate hardships for airline passengers during lengthy tarmac delays and otherwise to bolster air carriers' accountability to consumers.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 40101(a)(4), 40101(a)(9), 40113(a), 41702, 41708, 41712, 41727, 42301, and 42305.

### Source

Source: 74 FR 69002, Dec. 30, 2009, unless otherwise noted.