The purpose of this part is to mitigate hardships for airline passengers during lengthy tarmac delays and otherwise to bolster air carriers' accountability to consumers.
authority: 49 U.S.C. 40101(a)(4), 40101(a)(9), 40113(a), 41702, 41708, 41712, and 42301
source: 74 FR 69002, Dec. 30, 2009, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 14 CFR 259.1