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"AIRLINE DISCOUNTED TICKETS" 1/28/2005 Bush would hike security fee added to airline tickets WASHINGTON --A fee charged to airline travelers to help pay for airport security would more than double for one-way tickets under President George W. Bush's spending proposal for the Homeland Security Department. Can't find what you need? Try a Google Web Search in the box below!
Bush's plan calls for boosting the security fee to $5.50 from $2.50 for a one-way airline ticket and from a maximum of $5 to $8 for multiple legs. The increases are expected to generate $1.5 billion. Debby McElroy, president of the Regional Airline Association, criticized the proposal as taxing an industry that already carries one of the highest tax burdens. AIRLINE DISCOUNTED TICKETS "This could put further pressure on airline revenues at a time when many carriers are struggling for their very survival," McElroy said. James C. May, president and chief executive of the Air Transport Association, said the proposal "demonstrates a complete failure to comprehend the economics of a crippled industry." AIRLINE DISCOUNTED TICKETS Homeland Security Department spokesman Brian Roehrkasse declined to comment before the budget is released. "We are confident that it will contain the resources we need to continue to do our job," he said. Bush plans to submit his budget proposal to Congress on Feb. 7. Portions of the Homeland Security budget were obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. Can't find what you need? Try a Google Web Search in the box below!
AIRLINE DISCOUNTED TICKETS The White House wants to spend $41 billion on the agency in fiscal year 2006, which begins Oct. 1. That's nearly the same amount as the current year. But the department would see a 7 percent increase in money earmarked for specific security programs, to $34.2 billion from $32 billion. The Bush plan calls for $100 million to be spent in the next two years for new equipment to detect explosives on airline passengers. Most U.S. airline passengers aren't screened for explosives before boarding a plane. The commission that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks called that a vulnerability that Congress must address..... Compare airline discounted tickets here /cheap airfares home |