New Talk About Congestion Pricing For Airports

The Federal Government is saying that it is interested in the idea of charging airlines using airports like JFK, Laguardia, and Newark based on when flights are scheduled and how busy certain times of the day are for air traffic. The government is claiming that a pricing scheme would encourage airlines to spread the number of flights each airline offers to the public more evenly throughout the day thereby reducing congestion. Even some supporters of the plan feel that it would be at best a temporary fix. Officials at the Port Authority say the real long term fix to the congestion problem at the nations airports is to expand in order to increase capacity nationwide and meet the demands of a flying public that is ever increasing.