---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 41702"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "41702"
heading: "Interstate air transportation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/41702"
units:
  - "Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs"
  - "Part A — Air Commerce and Safety"
  - "Subpart ii — economic regulation"
  - "Chapter 417 — Operations of Carriers"
  - "Subchapter I — Requirements"
---

# §41702. Interstate air transportation


An [air carrier](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-2) shall provide safe and adequate [interstate air transportation](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-25).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1140.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 41702 | 49 App.:1374(a)(1). | Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, § 404(a)(1), 72 Stat. 760; Mar. 22, 1972, Pub. L. 92–259, § 1, 86 Stat. 95; Oct. 24, 1978, Pub. L. 95–504, § 23, 92 Stat. 1724. |
|  | 49 App.:1551(a)(4)(C) (related to 49 App.:1374(a)(1)). | Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, 72 Stat. 731, § 1601(a)(4)(C) (related to § 404(a)(1)); added Oct. 4, 1984, Pub. L. 98–443, § 3(c), 98 Stat. 1703. |

This section is substituted for 49 App.:1374(a)(1) because 49 App.:1551(a)(4)(C) provides that 49 App.:1374 no longer applies to interstate or overseas air transportation except insofar as 49 App.:1374 requires air carriers to provide safe and adequate service.