---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 298.53"
title: "14"
number: "298.53"
heading: "Suspension or revocation of authority."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/298.53"
---

# §298.53. Suspension or revocation of authority.


A Commuter Air Carrier Authorization may be suspended or revoked if any of the following occur:

- (a) The operator fails to maintain insurance coverage as required by [part 205](/cfr/14/part205.md) of this chapter for commuter operations;
- (b) The scheduled passenger authority under the operator's Air Carrier Certificate is suspended or revoked by the Federal Aviation Administration;
- (c) The operator does not commence operations for which it has been found fit, or the operator ceases those operations as provided in [§ 204.7](/cfr/14/204.7.md) of this chapter;
- (d) The Department finds that the carrier is not fit, willing, and able to conduct scheduled service or fails to qualify as a citizen of the United States; or
- (e) **The Department determines that it is otherwise in the public interest to do so.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 70 FR 25768, May 16, 2005.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 329 and chapters 401, 411, and 417.

### Source

Source: ER-929, 40 FR 42855, Sept. 17, 1975, unless otherwise noted.