Semantics.
A public charter under 380 allows anyone who can pay for a ticket to book a flight between two (or more) city pairs with a pre-defined departure date/time of a frequency not limited by Part 135 rules.
As a passenger, tell me how booking a ticket on flyviaair.com differs from southwest.com.
Via is a direct air carrier under Part 135. Southwest is scheduled airline service under Part 121.
The only difference is the number of seats, maximum of 30 (or payload not more than 7500 lbs) for Part 135.
Originally Posted by
A Squared
DOT 380 addresses charters. charters, by definition are not scheduled operations.
Scheduled operations are when you, as an operator, tell the public that you will be operating an airplane from XXX to YYY, Departing XXX at 11:45 every weekday morning and you will sell people tickets to ride on that airplane.
As has been correctly stated here, more than once, the maximum seats in scheduled transportation for a Part 135 certificate holder is 9.
Since you mention Part 380, I have to ask, did you read it yourself? in Part 380 you will find the following: