---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 301-10.261"
title: "41"
number: "301-10.261"
heading: "Types of Government aircraft travel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/301-10.261"
---

# §301-10.261. Types of Government aircraft travel.


Employees may use Government aircraft—

- (a) **For official travel only when—**
  - (1) No scheduled commercial airline service is reasonably available (able to meet departure and/or arrival requirements within a 24-hour period, unless extraordinary circumstances require a shorter period) to fulfill the agency's travel requirement; or
  - (2) The cost of using a Government aircraft is less than the cost of the City Pair coach fare or the lowest available full coach fare for scheduled commercial airline service, considering costs of non-productive or lost work time.
- (b) For required-use travel when required for bona fide communications, security reasons, or exceptional scheduling requirements, including travel for official, personal, or political purposes.
- (c) **For space available travel when—**
  - (1) The aircraft is already scheduled for official purpose and additional use does not require a larger aircraft or result in more than minor additional cost;
  - (2) The traveler is a Federal traveler or dependent stationed in a remote location not accessible to commercial airline service; or
  - (3) The traveler is authorized to travel on a space available basis under [10 U.S.C. 2648](/usc/10/2648.md) and in accordance with [§§ 301-10.260 through 301-10.264](/cfr/41/301-10.260..301-10.264.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5704; 5 U.S.C. 5707; 5 U.S.C. 5707, note; 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 49 U.S.C. 40118; Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-126, revised May 22, 1992, 57 FR 22150.

### Source

Source: FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted.