No New Airport Taxes

[used & abused]

Just got a email about this from US Airways.com


US Airways opposes the $2.2 billion increase in Passenger Facility Charges proposed by the House of Representatives.

Passenger Facility Charges—or “PFCs”—are special taxes Congress allows airports to collect from individual airline passengers. PFC taxes are imposed each time a passenger passes through an airport. But the tax is actually added to the price of the ticket, and airlines are forced to collect the tax for airports at the time the passenger pays for a ticket. Today, most airports charge passengers a PFC tax of $4.50. Under a proposal pending in the House of Representatives, the amount each airport can collect would be increased from $4.50 to $7.00 per passenger. A $7.00 PFC tax would add $28 to the price of most round trip connecting tickets—that's four trip “legs” at $7 each. That means a traveling family of four could pay an astonishing total of $112 in PFC taxes! This is especially unfair to travelers from smaller cities who must connect to reach their destination. They’ll pay twice as much as those from hub cities who can fly nonstop, meaning passengers from small and rural communities will subsidize airport projects at big hubs.


IF you want to here is the link to tell Congress we don't want it. Just enter in your zip code and it will find your states Representatives to email them.

http://resp.myusairways.com/usaw40/...557/H/N/V/http://www.smartskies.org/usairways

 

[CA1900]

What... the airline passengers shouldn't be "paying their fair share" for the airline terminals that they use? uke:


Yes, people in bigger cities can fly nonstop -- normally for significantly more money than the connecting flight. (I guarantee the fare difference will be more than $14 a head.) If a passenger is spending time in a connecting airport, of course they should pay for that facility, too. Without the hub airport, their small town probably wouldn't have any air service. That's a side-effect of deregulation.

 

[onionluvr]

Just got a email about this from US Airways.com


US Airways opposes the $2.2 billion increase in Passenger Facility Charges proposed by the House of Representatives.

Passenger Facility Charges—or “PFCs”—are special taxes Congress allows airports to collect from individual airline passengers. PFC taxes are imposed each time a passenger passes through an airport. But the tax is actually added to the price of the ticket, and airlines are forced to collect the tax for airports at the time the passenger pays for a ticket. Today, most airports charge passengers a PFC tax of $4.50. Under a proposal pending in the House of Representatives, the amount each airport can collect would be increased from $4.50 to $7.00 per passenger. A $7.00 PFC tax would add $28 to the price of most round trip connecting tickets—that's four trip “legs” at $7 each. That means a traveling family of four could pay an astonishing total of $112 in PFC taxes! This is especially unfair to travelers from smaller cities who must connect to reach their destination. They’ll pay twice as much as those from hub cities who can fly nonstop, meaning passengers from small and rural communities will subsidize airport projects at big hubs.


IF you want to here is the link to tell Congress we don't want it. Just enter in your zip code and it will find your states Representatives to email them.

http://resp.myusairways.com/usaw40/...557/H/N/V/http://www.smartskies.org/usairways

The "family of four" probably paid around 300 dollars per ticket. That's 1200 total. 112 is less than 10 percent of the total airfare. I think they'll manage ok.

 

[Papa Woody]

What about greenhouse gases?

Four legs, two beers, and a fart will wipe out our planet!