For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

1. (a)

   ‘air carrier’ means an air transport undertaking with a valid operating licence or equivalent;

2. (b)

   ‘contract of carriage’ means a contract for or including air transport services, including one where the carriage is composed of two or more flights operated by the same or different air carriers;

3. (c)

   ‘air carriage contractor’ means the carrier which concludes a contract of carriage with a passenger or, where the contract comprises a package, the tour operator. Any ticket seller shall also be deemed an air carriage contractor;

4. (d)

   ‘ticket seller’ means the seller of an air ticket who arranges a contract of carriage with a passenger, whether for a flight on its own or as part of a package, other than an air carrier or a tour operator;

5. (e)

   ‘operating air carrier’ means an air carrier that performs or intends to perform a flight under a contract of carriage with a passenger, or on behalf of another person, legal or natural, having a contract of carriage with that passenger;

6. (f)

   ‘operating authorisation or technical permission’ F4means any permission granted under article 250(2) of the Air Navigation Order 2016, or any authorisation issued under Article 3 of Commission Regulation 452/2014 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations of third country operators;

7. (g)

   ‘operating ban’ means F5a decision under article 250(1A) of the Air Navigation Order 2016, or the refusal, suspension, revocation or restriction of an air carrier’s operating authorisation or technical permission for safety reasons, or any equivalent safety measures in respect of an air carrier which has no traffic rights in the F6United Kingdom but whose aircraft might otherwise be operated in the F6United Kingdom under a lease agreement;

8. (h)

   ‘package’ means those services defined in F7regulation 2(5) of the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018;

9. (i)

   ‘reservation’ means the fact that the passenger has a ticket or other proof, which indicates that the reservation has been accepted and registered by the air carriage contractor;

10. (j)

    ‘relevant safety standards’ means the international safety standards contained in the Chicago Convention and its Annexes as well as, where applicable, those in F8any relevant enactment;

11. (k)

    F9‘the CAA’ means the Civil Aviation Authority;

12. (l)

    ‘third country’ means any country or territory other than the United Kingdom, British overseas territories, and the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.