The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (Federal Aviation Administration)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 49 U.S.C. § 44701(f)
- Issued
- 2020-05-20 May 20, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-20
- End
- 2020-12-31 ("This exemption terminates on 12/31/2020, unless sooner superseded or rescinded"); extended by 18561A to July 10, 2021 and 18561B to Dec. 31, 2021 (Ex. 021) (read as 2020-12-31)
- In force
- May 20, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Supply chainOther
- Addressees
- A4A member part 121 air carriers
- Functions reached
- SC air cargo capacity (belly capacity lost with passenger schedule collapse; cargo moved in cabins)
- OP airline operations modified
- CB shippers of medical supplies and e-commerce goods
- Collection
- Aviation and surface-transport regulators AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE
Operative words
"In the matter of the petition of AIRLINES FOR AMERICA for an exemption from §§ 91.9(a) and (b), 121.153(a), and 121.337(b)(9)(iii) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. Exemption No. 18561. Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2020-0429. PARTIAL GRANT OF EXEMPTION. By letter dated April 23, 2020, Airlines for America (A4A), on behalf of its members, petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for an exemption...." "This exemption terminates on 12/31/2020, unless sooner superseded or rescinded." "Issued in Des Moines, Washington, on May 20, 2020."
Enforcement
conditions and limitations (cargo types, loading, fire protection, crew requirements); 14 C.F.R. part 13
Notes
Documents the collapse of passenger flying and the compelled conversion of passenger aircraft to cargo use in 2020; relevant to the supply-chain ecosystem (ECO-A) and to logistics employers.