New entrant
New entrant means an air carrier or foreign air carrier that, on or before November 5, 1990, did not conduct operations under part 121 or 129 of this chapter using an airplane covered by this subpart to or from any airport in the contiguous United States, but that initiates such operation after that date.
Source
14 CFR § 91.851
Scoping language
For the purposes of 91.851 through 91.877 of this subpart: