[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR252.7]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
   CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)
 
PART 252_SMOKING ABOARD AIRCRAFT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 252.7  No-smoking sections.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, air 
carriers operating nonstop flight segments to which Sec. Sec. 252.3 and 
252.13 do not apply shall provide, at a minimum:
    (1) A no-smoking section for each class of service;
    (2) A sufficient number of seats in each no-smoking section to 
accommodate all persons in that class of service who wish to be seated 
there;
    (3) Expansion of no-smoking sections to meet passenger demand; and
    (4) Special provisions to ensure that if a no-smoking section is 
placed between smoking sections, the nonsmoking passengers are not 
unreasonably burdened.
    (b) On flights for which passengers may make confirmed reservations 
and on which seats are assigned before boarding, an air carrier need not 
provide a seat in a no-smoking section to a passenger who has not met 
the carrier's requirements as to time and method of obtaining a seat on 
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flight, or who does not have a confirmed reservation. If a seat is 
available in the established no-smoking section, however, an air carrier 
shall seat there any enplaning passenger who so requests, regardless of 
boarding time or reservation status.