Airports lobby to raise facility fee
Fee could raise from $4.50 to $7 for each leg of a trip.
Airports are lobbying Congress to raise a faciilty fee.
Citing the rising cost of construction, airports have been pressing Congress to raise the cap on a "passenger facility charge" that is added to the cost of airline tickets, USA Today reports .
The charge is currently $4.50 for each leg of the trip or up to $18 per round trip. The money raised pays for improvements to airport runways and terminals.
Airports are pushing for the fee to increase to $7.50 and be tied to inflation.
A House bill (H.R. 915 ) to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration would allow the fee to be raised to $7 and rename it the "passenger facility charge." (Sec. 111)
The legislation is currently stalled in the Senate.
-- Ryan Teague Beckwith, Congress.org
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