---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 271.8"
title: "14"
number: "271.8"
heading: "Rate period."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/271.8"
---

# §271.8. Rate period.

- (a) The subsidy rate generally will be set for a 2-year period, or two consecutive 1-year periods. The Department may set the rate for a shorter period in the following situations:
  - (1) A commuter air carrier is replacing a larger certificated carrier at the eligible place;
  - (2) Traffic at the eligible place has substantially decreased;
  - (3) The Department considers the cost or revenue projections of the carrier for the second year to be unrealistic;
  - (4) It is likely that there will be changes in the eligible place essential air service level; or
  - (5) **The uncertainties of the market or other circumstances warrant a shorter rate period.**
- (b) The subsidy rate established for a carrier under this part will not be changed during the rate period unless an adjustment is required in the public interest.
- (c) At the end of the rate period, the carrier will not have a continuing right to receive subsidy for providing essential air service at the eligible place.

## Notes

### Amendments

[ER-1398, 49 FR 49846, Dec. 24, 1984, as amended at 60 FR 43524, 43525, Aug. 22, 1995]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. Chapters 401, 417.

### Source

Source: ER-1398, 49 FR 49846, Dec. 24, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[ER-1398, 49 FR 49846, Dec. 24, 1984, as amended at 60 FR 43524, 43525, Aug. 22, 1995]