ATA Airlines Oppose PFC Tax Increase
By James C. May
By James C. May, President and CEO of the Air Transport Association
In 1991, Congress allowed airports to impose a tax on airline passengers called a passenger facility charge (PFC) — now set at $4.50 per passenger. In 2009, airports collected $2.5 billion in PFCs on top of more than $20 billion in passenger- and airline-related revenues. And that was on top of $1.1 ...
