Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 (Recast)

means an undertaking with a valid operating licence or equivalent;

means the prices expressed in euro or in local currency to be paid to air carriers or their agents or other ticket sellers for the carriage of passengers on air services and any conditions under which those prices apply, including remuneration and conditions offered to agency and other auxiliary services;

means a certificate delivered to an undertaking confirming that the operator has the professional ability and organisation to ensure the safety of operations specified in the certificate, as provided in the relevant provisions of Community or national law, as applicable;

means the prices expressed in euro or in local currency to be paid for the carriage of cargo and the conditions under which those prices apply, including remuneration and conditions offered to agency and other auxiliary services;

means a flight or a series of flights carrying passengers, cargo and/or mail for remuneration and/or hire;

means any area in a Member State especially adapted for air services;

means a detailed description of the air carrier's intended commercial activities for the period in question, in particular in relation to the expected market development and the investments to be carried out, including the financial and economic implications of these activities;

means the number of seats or the payload offered to the general public on a scheduled air service over a given period;

means an air carrier with a valid operating licence granted by a competent licensing authority in accordance with Chapter II;

means an authority of a Member State entitled to grant, refuse, revoke or suspend an operating licence in accordance with Chapter II;

means an urban area comprising a number of cities or towns which, through population growth and expansion, have physically merged to form one continuous built up area;

means an agreement between undertakings pursuant to which the aircraft is operated under the AOC of the lessee;

means a relationship constituted by rights, contracts or any other means which, either separately or jointly and having regard to the considerations of fact or law involved, confer the possibility of directly or indirectly exercising a decisive influence on an undertaking, in particular by:

means a departure from a specified airport towards a specified destination airport;

means an air service operated within the Community;

means a flight not involving carriage of passengers, mail and/or cargo between different airports or other authorised landing points;

means a detailed statement of income and costs of an air carrier for the period in question including a breakdown between air-transport-related and other activities as well as between pecuniary and non-pecuniary elements;

means the Member State(s) between or within which an air service is operated;

means the Member State(s) concerned and the Member State(s) where the air carrier(s) operating the air service is (are) licensed;

means an authorisation granted by the competent licensing authority to an undertaking, permitting it to provide air services as stated in the operating licence;

means the head office or registered office of a Community air carrier in the Member State within which the principal financial functions and operational control, including continued airworthiness management, of the Community air carrier are exercised.

means a series of flights possessing all the following characteristics:

means the sale of seats, without any other service bundled, such as accommodation, directly to the public by the air carrier or its authorised agent or a charterer;

means the right to operate an air service between two Community airports;

means any natural or legal person, whether profit-making or not, or any official body whether having its own legal personality or not;

means an agreement between air carriers pursuant to which the aircraft is operated under the AOC of the lessor;