New Mexico § 64-6-2 - Definitions

§ 64-6-2. Definitions

As used in the Rural Air Service Enhancement Act: A. “ air route ” means any scheduled operation or public charter; B. “ charter flight ” means a flight operated under the terms of a charter contract between a direct air

carrier and the carrier's customer. “Charter flight” does not include scheduled air transportation, scheduled foreign

air transportation or nonscheduled cargo air transportation, sold on an individually

ticketed or individually waybilled basis; C. “ department ” means the department of transportation; D. “ director ” means the director of the division; E. “ division ” means the aviation division of the department; F. “ expanded air route ” means an air route served by the rural air service enhancement grant program that

expands passenger capacity or the number of scheduled operations or public charter

flights from what was served at the time a grant was made; G. “ minimum revenue guarantee ” means the amount of money guaranteed by a municipality or county to be earned by

an airline providing scheduled air services to and from that municipality or county,

which is the difference between the minimum flight charge revenue specified in the

contract between the municipality or county and the airline and the amount of actual

flight charge revenue received by the airline that is less than that contractual amount; H. “ new air route ” means an air route to be served by the rural air service enhancement grant program

that was not served prior to January 1, 2021; I. “ public charter ” means a one-way or round-trip charter flight to be performed by one or more direct

air carriers that is arranged and sponsored by a charter operator; and J. “ scheduled operation ” means any common carriage passenger-carrying operation for compensation or hire

conducted by an air carrier for which the air carrier or the air carrier's representatives

offers in advance the departure location, departure time and arrival location.