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GA, Airlines Unite Against Aviation Fee Proposals

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Key Takeaways:

  • Aviation trade groups are opposing the Obama Administration's proposal to raise fees on airline passengers and business aircraft to cut national debt.
  • The proposed plan includes increasing passenger security fees (from $5 to $10 per round trip, up to $15 by 2017) and imposing a $100-per-flight fee on turbine-powered business aircraft.
  • Opponents argue that aviation security is a national defense function and that current contributions are already unfair; general aviation groups prefer a jet fuel tax increase over the new user fees.
  • A petition on whitehouse.gov against user fees has garnered enough signatures to require an official White House response.
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General aviation and airline trade groups are banding together to fight the Obama Administration’s plan to raise fees on airline passengers and business aircraft operators as part of the White House’s sweeping reforms to cut the country’s ballooning debt.

The Air Transport Association says security is a national-defense function and that their members already pay an unfair share. The administration argues that those who use the air travel system should pay for it.

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