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Hell on a tarmac: it's time to address airport congestion.
EVERY frequent flier has his airline horror stories. Delays, missed connections, family members stranded on holidays, lost vacation time. Virtually all observers--from these frustrated passengers to policy wonks--agree that the industry needs to deal with airport congestion, over both the short and the long term.
But unfortunately, when it comes to what to do and how to do it, there are a lot of conflicting and powerful interests in play--the air-traffic controllers' union, the airlines, leisure- and corporate-aviation advocates, the Federal Aviation Administration. As a result, the federal government keeps kicking the can. Recently, Congress failed to ...
- FAA Fee Plan to Spark Fight.(CONFLICT OF FAA AS WHO WILL PAY FEES)
- Newspaper article from: Kiplinger Business Forecasts Craver, Martha Lynn March 20, 2006 700+ words
...per-aircraft user fees. That would mean...to reauthorize the FAA. The FAA pays for...65% larger. The FAA warns that its infrastructure...ambitious improvement the FAA is seeking is a satellite...Backers of a user-fee system say a per...promote the idea of user fees. "Our ...
- DOT Says General Aviation Exempt From FAA User Fees.
- Newspaper article from: Regional Aviation News March 20, 2006 700+ words
...generating most of the FAA funding. When...talk about user fees, they don't...there are no user fee proposals before...financing for the FAA, he said. The...of funding most FAA programs through fuel taxes and other fees - primarily on...behind a user-fee plan for everyone...
- FAA looks at fees for peak times; airlines say it won't help delays.(Knight...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Torbenson, Eric March 6, 2001 700+ words
...their own landing fees. The FAA could make it easier...afford higher landing fees, said Michael Wascom...the ATA wants the FAA to operate more like...pricing for its landing fees, officials there...would pay a landing fee of $140, about average...
- FAA IMPOSED USER FEES
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 3, 1996 700+ words
...ticket tax with user fees as a method of...Administration (FAA). It is also...funding. A user fee approach would dilute the FAA's safety mission...prudent to have FAA administrators...is that a user fee would transfer...size hubs. User fees would curtail the...
- Plan to free up La Guardia could lift fares at airport; FAA may raise fees or...
- Magazine article from: Crain's New York Business Lipowicz, Alice May 28, 2001 700+ words
...impose higher landing fees at peak hours or auction...account for the higher fees, but a small carrier...alternative. According to an FAA study released last month...address that problem, the FAA is now likely to embrace...airlines, says the higher fees at La Guardia would result...
- FAA to charge overflight fees.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire June 6, 2000 700+ words
M2 PRESSWIRE-6 June 2000-US FAA: FAA to charge overflight fees (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...Appeals decision in January 1998 determined that FAA's calculation of fees was inconsistent with the statute. In today...
- Airports: House Panel OKs Bill Boosting Some Fuel Taxes, Extending Fees for FAA.
- Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer Sanchez, Humberto September 19, 2007 700+ words
...passenger ticket tax and other FAA funding taxes from fiscal...tax and imposing new user fees for commercial airlines and...financing structure of the FAA" on the House floor or in...commercial aviation with departure fees and mileage charges above...
- Agencies' reaction mixed on FAA plan for passenger fees. (bond rating agencies,...
- Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer Pierog, Karen February 28, 1995 700+ words
...industry members and the FAA, spells out the steps...charges. The power of the FAA to prevent an airport that...rules from collecting the fees has led the rating agencies to take tough stands on fee-backed bonds. Standard...by-case basis. The FAA's plan calls for a 180...