"Regional Airline Association Objects To Logan's Peak-Pricing Plan"

Monday, November 22, 2004

RAA Objects To Logan's Peak-Pricing Plan
Commuter/Regional Airline News


The Regional Airline Association (RAA) has formally requested that the
Massachusetts Port Authority, the operators of Boston Logan International
Airport, not implement a peak-pricing plan to alleviate congestion at the
airport. To comply with a 2002 mandate from the Federal Aviation
Administration to obtain funds for a new runway, the airport must devise a
plan to control peak-hour takeoffs by imposing a flat $150 fee on an airline
if it does not reduce its schedule during declared congestion periods. 

Instead of pursuing the peak-price plan, the RAA asks Logan to consider a
voluntary rescheduling program similar to the one the FAA oversaw at Chicago
O'Hare International Airport. If the state is adamant about adopting a
peak-price, RAA wants the fee to be adjusted so it does not favor large
mainline planes over smaller RJs. It also wants all Essential Air Service
flights through Logan to be exempt from the new fee. The RAA does not want
charter and general aviation operations to be exempted from the program
since they too add to the congestion. After holding two public hearings on
the concept, the port authority closed its comment period on Nov. 15. The
earliest the program could be implemented is in 2007.


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