[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR301-70.903]

[Page 82]
 
           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
           CHAPTER 301--TEMPORARY DUTY (TDY) TRAVEL ALLOWANCES
 
PART 301-70_INTERNAL POLICY AND PROCEDURE REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart J_Policies and Procedures for Agencies That Own or Hire 
                     Government Aircraft for Travel
 
Sec. 301-70.903  What are our responsibilities for ensuring that Government 
aircraft are the most cost-effective alternative for travel?

    To help ensure that Government aircraft are the most cost-effective 
alternative for travel, your aircraft management office must calculate 
the cost of a trip on your aircraft, whether Federal aircraft or CAS 
aircraft, and submit that information to the traveler's designated 
travel-approving official upon request. The designated travel-approving 
official must use that information to compare the cost of using 
Government aircraft with the cost of scheduled commercial airline 
service and the cost of using other available modes of transportation. 
When you operate a Government aircraft to fulfill a non-travel related 
governmental function or for required use travel, using any space 
available for passengers on official travel is presumed to result in 
cost savings. For guidance on how and when to calculate the cost of a 
trip on Government aircraft, see the ``U.S. Government Aircraft Cost 
Accounting Guide,'' published by the Aircraft Management Policy Division 
(MTA), General Services Administration, 1800 F Street, N.W., Washington, 
DC, 20405.