[§261E-2]  Definitions.  As used in this
chapter:



"Aircraft" means any craft or other
artificial contrivance of whatever description that is used or capable of being
used, or intended to be used, as a means of transportation by air.



"Air transportation" means the
holding out to the general public of or the undertaking to provide the carriage
of persons or property, except for United States mail, by air, for compensation
or hire between any pair of points, both of which are within the State of
Hawaii, unless the carriage is part of the continuous carriage of the persons
or property to or from a point outside the State of Hawaii.  For the purposes
of this chapter, the term "continuous carriage" means transportation
by air which does not include a stopover of more than twenty-four hours.



"Certificate" means a certificate of
public convenience and necessity issued under this chapter to a Hawaii air
carrier.



"Commission" means the air carrier
commission established pursuant to section 261E-4.



"Control", in reference to a
relationship between any person or persons and another person or persons,
includes actual as well as legal control, indirect as well as direct control,
and the power to exercise substantial influence whether or not exercised.



"Hawaii air carrier" or
"carrier" means any person or entity who has received a certificate
issued by the commission and who undertakes or holds itself out to the general
public as engaging directly or indirectly in the transportation by air of
passengers or property, or both, for compensation or hire within the State or
between points within the State.



"Rates" includes rates, fares, and
charges of whatever kind and nature unless the context indicates otherwise.



"Related company" means a company or
persons that directly, or indirectly through one or more subsidiaries,
affiliates, or a holding company, controls or is controlled by, or is under
common control with, a Hawaii air carrier.



"Transportation of persons" includes
every service in connection with or incidental to the comfort or convenience of
persons transported and the receipt, carriage, and delivery of these persons
and their baggage.



"Transportation of property" includes
every service in connection with or incidental to the transportation of
property, including in particular its receipt, carriage, preservation, and
delivery, and all incidental services affecting these activities. [L Sp 2008, c
1, pt of §2]