The air carrier commission shall have general supervision over all Hawaii air carriers providing air transportation and, to the extent determined by the commission to be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, over any related company, and shall perform the duties and exercise the powers imposed or conferred upon it by this chapter. The general powers of the commission shall include:

(1) Regulating Hawaii air carriers by using, in addition to its other powers, the investigative powers set forth in § 261E-7;

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 261E-6

  • Air transportation: means the holding out to the general public of or the undertaking to provide the carriage of persons or property, except for United States mail, by air, for compensation or hire between any pair of points, both of which are within the State of Hawaii, unless the carriage is part of the continuous carriage of the persons or property to or from a point outside the State of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261E-2
  • Aircraft: means any craft or other artificial contrivance of whatever description that is used or capable of being used, or intended to be used, as a means of transportation by air. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261E-2
  • carrier: means any person or entity who has received a certificate issued by the commission and who undertakes or holds itself out to the general public as engaging directly or indirectly in the transportation by air of passengers or property, or both, for compensation or hire within the State or between points within the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261E-2
  • Commission: means the air carrier commission established pursuant to section 261E-4. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261E-2
  • Related company: means a company or persons that directly, or indirectly through one or more subsidiaries, affiliates, or a holding company, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, a Hawaii air carrier. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261E-2
(2) Establishing reasonable classifications of Hawaii air carriers based upon the nature of the services provided by the carriers and adopting rules pursuant to chapter 91 to regulate those classes of Hawaii air carriers; and
(3) Exempting from this chapter, in whole or in part, when determined to be in the public interest, any Hawaii air carrier engaging in air transportation solely with aircraft with a maximum seating capacity of not more than seventeen passengers or maximum cargo capacity of not more than three thousand pounds.

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