---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 41105"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "41105"
heading: "Transfers of certificates"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/41105"
units:
  - "Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs"
  - "Part A — Air Commerce and Safety"
  - "Subpart ii — economic regulation"
  - "Chapter 411 — Air Carrier Certificates"
---

# §41105. Transfers of certificates

- (a) **General.—** A certificate issued under [section 41102 of this title](/usc/49/41102.md) may be transferred only when the Secretary of [Transportation](/usc/49/13907.md?p=e-2) approves the transfer as being consistent with the public interest.
- (b) **Certification to Congress.—** When a certificate is transferred, the Secretary shall certify to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and [Transportation](/usc/49/13907.md?p=e-2) of the Senate and the Committee on [Transportation](/usc/49/13907.md?p=e-2) and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives that the transfer is consistent with the public interest. The Secretary shall include with the certification a report analyzing the effects of the transfer on—
  - (1) the viability of each carrier involved in the transfer;
  - (2) competition in the domestic airline industry; and
  - (3) the trade position of the [United States](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-46) in the international [air transportation](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-5) market.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1121; Pub. L. 104–287, § 5(9), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3389.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 41105(a) | 49 App.:1371(h)(1). | Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, § 401(h)(1), 72 Stat. 756; Nov. 5, 1990, Pub. L. 101–508, § 9127(1), 104 Stat. 1388–371. |
|  | 49 App.:1551(b)(1)(E). | Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, 72 Stat. 731, § 1601(b)(1)(E); added Oct. 4, 1984, Pub. L. 98–443, § 3(e), 98 Stat. 1704. |
| 41105(b) | 49 App.:1371(h)(2), (3). | Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, 72 Stat. 731, § 401(h)(2), (3); added Nov. 5, 1990, Pub. L. 101–508, § 9127(2), 104 Stat. 1388–371. |

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–287 substituted “Transportation and Infrastructure” for “Public Works and Transportation”.