DOT To Allow Volume-, Time-Based Landing Fees

AP, via ABCNews:

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Private Jets Could Pay More to Land
Plan to Shift Fees Away From Weight to Time Helps Airlines, Hurts Corporate Jets

Congested airports nationwide can charge landing fees based on the time flights land and the volume of traffic instead of on the plane's weight, according to a new federal policy introduced Monday.

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. Read more...

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