S.L. 499.48 ст. 2Interpretation.

In this Order, unless the context requires otherwise requires:

"air carrier" means an air transport undertaking with a valid operator licence or equivalent; "contract of carriage" means 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; "air carriage contractor" means the carrier which concludes a contract of carriage with a passenger or, where the contract comprises a package, the tour operator. Any ticket seller shall also be deemed an air carriage contractor; "the Community" means the European Union;

"Community List" means the List of air carriers that are subject to an operating ban within the Community as set out by Regulation

(EC) No. 2111/2005; "Directive 90/314/EEC" means the Council Directive of 13 June 1990 on package travel, package holidays and package tours; "Director" means the Director of Civil Aviation and, to the extent of the authority given, any person authorised in that behalf by the Director; "EC Regulation 261/2004" means the European Parliament and Council Regulation of 11 February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights; and repealing Regulation (EC) No 295/91; "operating air carrier" means 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 ban" means 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; "package" means those services defined in Article 2(1) of Directive 90/314/EEC; "Regulation EEC No. 2299/89" means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2299/89 of 24 July 1989 on a Code of conduct for Computerised Reservation Systems; "reservation" means 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 seller" means 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.