Pittsburgh Airport Considers Hike in Boarding Fees

Posted on Mon, Mar. 22, 2004 

Pittsburgh Airport Considers Hike in Boarding Fees
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business
News


Mar. 20 - Raising the $3 fee paid by travelers
boarding planes at Pittsburgh International Airport by
$1.50 is one option under consideration for reducing
the $640 million in debt at Pittsburgh International
Airport, Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato
said yesterday.

However, he and county Airport Authority Executive
Director Kent George stressed that no decision had
been made on whether to actually raise the fee. Any
increase would have to be approved by the Federal
Aviation Administration.

George said the authority still must consult with the
airlines and its own board before deciding whether to
ask for an increase in the fee, called a passenger
facility charge. The airport is hoping to use revenue
from the fee to help reduce debt costs to airlines by
as much as $25 million a year.

"[Raising the fee] is one of the things we have the
option to do. Everything is under consideration. But
we have not made the decision to go to $4.50," George
said.

 

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