14 CFR § 271.3 - Carrier subsidy need.

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title: "14 CFR § 271.3 - Carrier subsidy need."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "271.3"
section_name: "Carrier subsidy need."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC REGULATIONS"
part_number: "271"
part_name: "GUIDELINES FOR SUBSIDIZING AIR CARRIERS PROVIDING ESSENTIAL AIR TRANSPORTATION"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. Chapters 401, 417."
regulatory_source: "ER-1398, 49 FR 49846, Dec. 24, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
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# 271.3 Carrier subsidy need.

In establishing the subsidy for an air carrier providing essential air service at an eligible place, the Department will consider the following:

(a) The reasonable projected costs of a carrier in serving that place;

(b) The carrier's reasonable projected revenues for serving that place;

(c) The appropriate size of aircraft for providing essential air service at that place; and

(d) A reasonable profit for a carrier serving that place.

[ER-1398, 49 FR 49846, Dec. 24, 1984, as amended at 60 FR 43524, Aug. 22, 1995]