Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 09, 2026

Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space last revised: Dec 19, 2026
§ 296.5 - Agency relationships.

An indirect cargo air carrier may act as agent of a shipper, or of a direct air carrier that has authorized such agency, rather than as an air carrier, if it expressly reserves the option to do so when the shipment is accepted.

authority: 49 U.S.C. Chapters 401, 417
source: ER-1261, 46 FR 54727, Nov. 4, 1981, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 14 CFR 296.5