---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 380.3"
title: "14"
number: "380.3"
heading: "General provisions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/380.3"
---

# §380.3. General provisions.

- (a) Public Charters may be operated on a one-way or round-trip basis, with no minimum group or contract size. Public Charters may be sold on an air-only basis, or with mandatory or optional land arrangements.
- (b) A U.S. Public Charter operator operating a Public Charter which originates in a foreign country shall not be subject to the requirements of §§ [380.25](/cfr/14/380.25.md), [380.28](/cfr/14/380.28.md), [380.30 through 380.35](/cfr/14/380.30..380.35.md).
- (c) The Department declines to exercise jurisdiction over a foreign Public Charter operator which operates a Public Charter originating in a foreign country, but reserves the right to exercise its jurisdiction over any foreign Public Charter operator at any time its finds that such action is in the public interest.
- (d)
  - (1) An educational institution operating a Public Charter need not comply with the financial security requirements of [§ 380.34](/cfr/14/380.34.md) if each student participant in the charter is enrolled in a formal academic course of study outside the United States, sponsored by or in conjunction with that institution, that is of at least four weeks' duration.
  - (2) The spouse, children, and parents of a student participant may accompany the participant on a charter operated under this section.
- (e) The Department, upon application or on its own initiative, may waive any of the provision of this part if it finds such action to be in the public interest.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket No. OST-97-2356, 63 FR 28241, May 22, 1998, as amended by Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15940, Apr. 16, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 40101, 40102, 40109, 40113, 41101, 41103, 41301, 41504, 41702, 41708, 41712, 46101.

### Source

Source: Docket No. OST-97-2356, 63 FR 28241, May 22, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket No. OST-97-2356, 63 FR 28241, May 22, 1998, as amended by Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15940, Apr. 16, 2019]