---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 291.20"
title: "14"
number: "291.20"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/291.20"
---

# §291.20. Applicability.


The rules in this subpart apply to cargo operations in interstate air transportation performed by air carriers certificated under sections [41102](/cfr/14/41102.md) or [41103](/cfr/14/41103.md) of 49 U.S.C. Subtitle VII. [Section 41103](/cfr/14/41103.md) carriers that operate passenger-only or combination aircraft under [section 41102](/cfr/14/41102.md), [part 298](/cfr/14/part298.md) of this chapter, or other Department authority, must comply with the rules in this subpart in connection with cargo operations in interstate air transportation, whether provided on all-cargo or combination aircraft, operated pursuant to this authority or otherwise. In case a carrier may operate a particular flight under either a [section 41102](/cfr/14/41102.md) certificate or a [section 41103](/cfr/14/41103.md) certificate, the flight is presumed to be operated under the carrier's [section 41103](/cfr/14/41103.md) authority.


## Notes

### Amendments

[60 FR 43526, Aug. 22, 1995 as amended by Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15933, Apr. 16, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 329, 41103, 41708, and 41709.

### Source

Source: ER-1080, 43 FR 53635, Nov. 16, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[60 FR 43526, Aug. 22, 1995 as amended by Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15933, Apr. 16, 2019]