(a) As of the effective date of enactment of all required federal legislation, any person providing air transportation with turnaround service between two points, both of which are within the State of Hawaii pursuant to authority granted by the United States Department of Transportation, shall be deemed qualified and shall be issued a certificate pursuant to this chapter.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 261E-20

  • 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
  • Certificate: means a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under this chapter to a Hawaii air carrier. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261E-2
(b) For the purposes of this section, “turnaround service” means the operation of an aircraft that only serves points within the State of Hawaii.