Taxes

Along with traditional income and payroll taxes, airlines and their customers (passengers and shippers) pay many special taxes and fees to a variety of authorities, both at home and abroad, including taxes and fees for homeland security, environmental protection, disease control, infrastructure enhancement, airport and airway operations and maintenance and agency financing. This section includes information about U.S. aviation excise taxes and fees, the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and passenger facility charges.

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Government-Imposed Taxes/Fees on Commercial Air Travel
Airlines and their customers pay many special taxes to a variety of government authorities

Airport and Airway Trust Fund (AATF)
Established 1970 “to provide for the expansion and improvement of the nation’s airport and airway system.”

Passenger Facility Charges (PFC)
Fees levied on airline tickets by U.S. airports to fund federally approved capital-improvement projects

ATA Response to the Transportation Security Administration Acknowledgment of Overcharging Airlines on Fees Dating Back to 2005(06/24/2010)
ATA statement regarding acknowledgement by TSA of overcharging airlines on ASIF fees.

ATA Comments on Media Reports That the United Kingdom Will Pursue Another Unjustified Flight Tax(05/13/2010)
ATA says further burdening airlines with another tax will hurt passengers and shippers.

ATA Urges Constructive, Forward-Thinking FAA Reauthorization; House Bill Lacking(03/25/2010)
ATA statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee vote on the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act.

ATA Testimony by President and CEO Jim May Before House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, Urban Development and Related Agencies on Aviation Stakeholder Priorities for Maintaining a Safe and Viable Aviation System(03/18/2010)
ATA testifies before the House Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee to bring members up-to-date on the airline industry including: changes in industry dynamics, priorities and challenges, and what committee leadership can do to help the industry.

ATA Letter to Sen Lieberman on the Aviation Passenger Security Fee(02/25/2010)
ATA writes Senator Lieberman, Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, to express concern over his support of the administration’s proposal to increase the aviation passenger security fee. ATA believes homeland security is a national defense...

ATA Comments on 2011 Budget Proposal(02/01/2010)
Association Applauds Aspects of White House Budget, Industry Concerned About Future Security Fee Increases

ATA Comments on DOT Stakeholder Forum on Aviation Financial Health, Formation of Federal Advisory Committee to Discuss Industry Future(11/12/2009)
ATA today commented on the U.S. Department of Transportation and Secretary LaHood’s initiative in bringing aviation stakeholders together to discuss the financial health of commercial aviation.

ATA Statement on USDA Withdrawal of Inspection Fee Increase(11/02/2009)
ATA applauded a decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to withdraw the recently published interim rule to increase the fees charged for certain agricultural quarantine & inspection service

ATA Urges U.S. Climate Negotiators To Oppose Climate Change Tax Targeting International Air Passengers(10/30/2009)
ATA urged climate negotiators to oppose an exorbitant new climate change tax to be imposed on the airlines and their passengers. The so-called “International Air Passenger Adaption Levy” would single out aviation to raise $10 billion per year for climate-

ATA Requests APHIS Response to Concerns Surrounding the Proposed Fee Increase(10/23/2009)
ATA writes APHIS Administrator Cindy Smith requesting specific questions and concerns be addressed during the October 27 public meeting regarding the APHIS fee increase.

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