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Passengers are ignored in a recent airport funding study

Travelers United President Charlie Leocha writes that the recently commissioned RAND report failed to provide an accurate assessment of airport funding and lacked passenger input in its final study while advocating to an increase in the Passenger Facility Charge. Instead of a lack of funds, “the continued rise in passenger traffic increases airport income,” allowing
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West Virginia hands out $388k in Airport Improvement Grants

North Central West Virginia Airport will receive $53,958 from the West Virginia Aeronautics Commission to go toward a project related to the extension and renovation of a de-icing system, and Yeager Airport in Charleston will receive $334,245 from the WVAC to go towards projects to rebuild the runway safety area, provide security improvements, and improve
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Salt Lake City’s airport rebuild soars past $4 billion

The increased price, up from $3.6 billion, is mostly because the project is growing in “scale” thanks to several additions made at the request of airlines, mainly Delta, to accommodate even more growth than previously expected, said Bill Wyatt, executive director of the airport. “It’s gotten bigger,” Wyatt told KSL recently. “These are things we’re
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Valley International Airport planning runway expansion

Valley International Airport is planning more than $15 million expansion of its runway. The airport sees passenger flights from United, Delta, and Southwest. It’s also a center for cargo that ships goods throughout the country. The Federal Aviation Administration is funding the majority of the expansion.
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Federal PFC hike would hurt Sioux Gateway Airport

Passengers departing Sioux Gateway Airport, and all airports, pay a passenger facility charge (or PFC). You pay this to every airport you depart from, and the fees go to help offset local costs. Congress is currently considering increasing, possibly doubling, these fees. The potential for Congress to double these fees would be a negative for
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Congress Should Not Add to the Cost of Flying

Americans may not be aware, though, that the trips they take by air could become more expensive if Congress moves forward with a plan to ask airline passengers to pay more for their flights. Airports are not in a funding crisis. They have billions in cash reserves, and they are already making massive capital improvements
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As Texas airport fixes old concrete, FedEx moves to expand

FedEx will renovate and expand its package sorting facility at Valley International Airport beginning in March. In September, Valley International Airport received $1.6 million in airport improvement grants to acquire aircraft rescue and firefighting safety equipment and to rehabilitate its terminal building.
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$3B plan to replace San Diego airport’s aging Terminal 1 reaches major milestone

San Diego International Airport’s 1960’s-era Terminal 1 will be replaced with a 30-gate facility more than triple the current size under a $3 billion redevelopment plan approved Thursday by the airport’s governing board. The airlines and the fees they pay for renting terminal space, plus revenues from parking, concessions and passenger facility charges, will pay
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