Airports' landing fees policy changes
WASHINGTON (AP) - January 14, 2008 U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters said the policy
will make it easier for airports to reduce delays by encouraging
airlines to spread their flights more evenly throughout the day.
Delays in 2007 were the second worst since comparable data began
being collected in 1995.
The new policy will encourage congested airports in New York and
elsewhere to include the cost of projects designed to expand
capacity in the new landing fees now instead of after construction
has been completed, Peters said.
The policy also will allow operators, such as the Port Authority
of New York and New Jersey, to distribute landing fee revenue among
the different facilities, she said.
A spokesman from the Air Transport Association of America was
not immediately available to comment Monday afternoon.
The proposed policy change will be open to public comment for 45
days before it is finalized.
