(a) At an eligible place, essential air service may be specified as service to a particular airport. In the case of hyphenated places, essential air service will be specified as service to more than one airport only if clearly necessary and if the multi-airport service is economically feasible and justified on the basis of traffic levels at those airports.
(b) At a hub, essential air service is not usually specified as service to a particular airport.
authority: 49 U.S.C. Chapters 401, 417; Airport and Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987 (Pub. L. 100-223, Dec. 30, 1987)
source: Docket No. OST-95-397, 60 FR 43529, Aug. 22, 1995, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 14 CFR 398.3