What term covers the carriage by aircraft of persons or property for compensation or hire, or the carriage of mail by aircraft, or the operation or navigation of aircraft in the conduct or furtherance of a business or vocation, in commerce between a place in the United States and any place outside thereof?

What term covers the carriage by aircraft of persons or property for compensation or hire, or the carriage of mail by aircraft, or the operation or navigation of aircraft in the conduct or furtherance of a business or vocation, in commerce between a place in the United States and any place outside thereof?

• A. Foreign Air Commerce
• B. Domestic Air Transport
• C. International Air Trade
• D. Aviation Commerce

Answer: (A)

Foreign air commerce is the term for international aviation activities—that is, carriage by aircraft of persons or property for compensation or hire, or the carriage of mail, or the operation or navigation of aircraft in the conduct or furtherance of a business, when it occurs between the United States and any place outside the United States. This is the best fit because it explicitly describes flights crossing national borders, which is the situation described in the question. Domestic air transport would apply to flights entirely within the U.S., and the other terms aren’t the standard regulatory designation for international air aviation. For example, a passenger flight from New York to Paris for hire, or a mail flight from Seattle to Tokyo, would be considered foreign air commerce.

Foreign air commerce is the term for international aviation activities—that is, carriage by aircraft of persons or property for compensation or hire, or the carriage of mail, or the operation or navigation of aircraft in the conduct or furtherance of a business, when it occurs between the United States and any place outside the United States. This is the best fit because it explicitly describes flights crossing national borders, which is the situation described in the question. Domestic air transport would apply to flights entirely within the U.S., and the other terms aren’t the standard regulatory designation for international air aviation. For example, a passenger flight from New York to Paris for hire, or a mail flight from Seattle to Tokyo, would be considered foreign air commerce.