air carriage contractormeans the carrier which concludes a contract of carriage with a passenger or, where the contract comprises a package, the tour operator.
air carriermeans an air transport undertaking with a valid operating licence or equivalent;
contract of carriagemeans 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;
operating air carriermeans 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;
operating authorisation or technical permissionmeans any legislative or administrative act by a Member State, which provides either that an air carrier may operate air services to and from its airports or that an air carrier may operate in its airspace or that an air carrier may exercise traffic rights;
operating banmeans 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 Community but whose aircraft might otherwise be operated in the Community under a lease agreement;
packagemeans those services defined in Article 2(1) of Directive 90/314/EEC;
relevant safety standardsmeans the international safety standards contained in the Chicago Convention and its Annexes as well as, where applicable, those in relevant Community law.
reservationmeans 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;
ticket sellermeans 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;