ATA Files Challenge to Congestion Pricing

“Like DOT’s other misguided attempts to foist unproven economic theory on the traveling public, these measures would do nothing to address the underlying causes of congestion and delay and would only make flying more expensive for passengers,” said the Air Transport Association of DOT’s plan to introduce congestion pricing at airports. “The solution to congestion and delay is for the government to modernize its air traffic control system, expand airspace capacity and, in the Northeast, expedite the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia airspace redesign initiative.”