5.1-121 - Duties of carriers of passengers as to through routes, equipment, rates, regulations, etc.
§ 5.1-121. Duties of carriers of passengers as to through routes, equipment,rates, regulations, etc.
Every common carrier or restricted common carrier of passengers by aircraftshall establish reasonable through routes with other such common carriers andprovide safe and adequate service, equipment, and facilities for thetransportation of passengers; shall establish, observe, and enforce just andreasonable individual and joint rates, fares and charges and just andreasonable regulations and practices relating thereto, and to the issuance,form, and substance of tickets, the carrying of personal, sample, and excessbaggage, the facilities for transportation, and all other matters relating toor connected with the transportation of passengers; and in case of such jointrates, fares, and charges shall establish just, reasonable and equitabledivisions thereof as between the carriers participating therein which shallnot unduly prefer or prejudice any of such participating carriers.
(Code 1950, § 56-176; 1970, c. 708.)