Air Services Charges Regulations (SOR/85-414)

2 (1) In these Regulations,

aircraft in distress

aircraft in distress means an aircraft that is, or any person on board of which is, threatened by serious or imminent danger and requires immediate assistance; (aéronef en détresse)

all-cargo aircraft

all-cargo aircraft[Repealed, SOR/94-324, s. 1]

combi aircraft

combi aircraft[Repealed, SOR/94-324, s. 1]

commercial aircraft

commercial aircraft means an aircraft operated or available for operation for hire or reward; (aéronef commercial)

Department

Department means the Department of Transport; (ministère)

domestic flight

domestic flight means a flight between points in Canada; (vol intérieur)

home-base airport

home-base airport, in relation to a Member of Parliament, means the airport that serves either the constituency or residential address of the Member of Parliament; (aéroport d’attache)

international flight

international flight means a flight between a point in Canada and a point outside Canada; (vol international)

jet aircraft

jet aircraft means an aircraft that derives its propulsive power from the thrust of high-velocity gases developed by a turbojet or turbofan engine; (aéronef à réaction)

landing

landing means

• (a) in respect of a fixed-wing aircraft, the touching of the ground by the aircraft on arrival at an airport, and

• (b) in respect of a helicopter, the touching of the ground by the helicopter on arrival at an airport or the arrival of the helicopter at an airport for the purpose of loading or unloading without touching the ground; (atterrissage)

Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament means a member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada who is in receipt of a salary under the Salaries Act, a Member of the Senate of Canada or a Member of the House of Commons of Canada; (membre du Parlement)

Minister

Minister means the Minister of Transport; (ministre)

payload

payload[Repealed, SOR/94-324, s. 1]

positioning flight

positioning flight[Repealed, SOR/94-324, s. 1]

private aircraft

private aircraft means a civil aircraft other than a commercial aircraft or state aircraft; (aéronef privé)

seating capacity

seating capacity, in relation to an aircraft, means the number of passenger seats in the aircraft; (nombre de sièges)

state aircraft

state aircraft means an aircraft, other than a commercial aircraft, owned and operated by the government of any country or the government of a colony, dependency, province, state, territory or municipality of any country; (aéronef d’État)

technical landing

technical landing means a landing of an aircraft made solely to obtain ground services required for the aircraft; (escale technique)

trans-oceanic flight

trans-oceanic flight[Repealed, SOR/85-861, s. 1]

turboprop aircraft

turboprop aircraft means an aircraft that derives most of its propulsive power from the thrust developed by a turbojet engine having a turbine-driven propeller; (aéronef à turbopropulseur)

type

type means the basic design, including any derivatives thereof, of an aircraft for which a type certificate has been issued under the Canadian Aviation Regulations or for which a United States Federal Aviation Administration type certificate has been accepted by the Minister, for the purpose of issuing a certificate of airworthiness pursuant to Part V, Subpart 7, of the Canadian Aviation Regulations; (type)

unit load device (U.L.D.)

unit load device (U.L.D.)[Repealed, SOR/94-324, s. 1]

weight

weight, in relation to an aircraft, means the maximum permissible take-off weight specified in the aircraft’s certificate of airworthiness or in a document referred to in that certificate. (masse)

(2) [Repealed, SOR/96-546, s. 1]