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Senate Leaders OK Private Turbine Aircraft Fuel Hike
By FlyingNews @ 6:48 AM :: 542 Views ::
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Senators Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., chairman of the Senate aviation subcommittee, late Friday came to an agreement not to impose aviation user fees to fund the Federal Aviation Administration. The deal made calls for general aviation turbine aircraft fuel taxes to increase to 36 cents per gallon from the current 21.8 cents per gallon. However, GA gasoline, which is used in piston-powered planes, is expected to remain at the current price of 19.3 cents per gallon. "Airline passenger fees and taxes wouldn't rise," Rockefeller said.
Because Rockefeller and Baucus haven't agreed on Senate bills to fund and modernize the nation's air traffic control system, it's taken seven months to reach an agreement. On Sept. 20, the House passed the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007, which called for increased passenger airline ticket tax fees and increasing GA fuel excise taxes.
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