S.L. 499.33 Art. 2Interpretation.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Act" means the Civil Aviation Act;

"air transport undertaking" means an undertaking whose business includes the carriage by air of passengers or cargo for payment or reward; "the Director" means the Director of Civil Aviation and, to the extent of the authority given, any person authorised on that behalf by the Director;

"EEA Agreement" means the agreement in the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on the 2nd May, 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on the 17th March, 1993; "EEA State" means a State which is a contracting party to the EEA Agreement; "operator licence" means a licence issued under article 7;

"scheduled air service" means a series of flights that possesses all the following characteristics:

(a) it passes through the airspace over the territory of more than one State; and

(b) it is performed by aircraft for the transport of passengers, mail or cargo for remuneration, in such a manner that each flight is open to use by members of the public; and

(c) it is operated, so as to serve traffic between the same two or more points -

(i) either according to a published time table,

(ii) or with flights that are so regular or frequent that they constitute a recognisable systematic series; "specific route" means an air route operated on a scheduled air service which commences in Malta and terminates in a non-EEA State or vice versa.

*These regulations have been repealed by Act XL of 2023.