Alexandria, VA, 2017-Jun-21 — /Travel PR News/ — With airlines collecting more than $1 billion in baggage fees in the first quarter of 2017, the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) once again called on carriers to drop their continued opposition to modernizing a local airport user fee known as the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC)… Read the full press release
Alexandria, VA, 2016-Sep-20 — /Travel PR News/ — With the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today reporting more than $3.5 billion in baggage and reservation change fees flowing to airlines in the first half of 2016, the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) once again questioned the continued opposition of U.S. airlines to updating an optional… Read the full press release
Alexandria, VA, 2015-5-7 — /Travel PR News/ — With airlines collecting record baggage fees in 2014 totaling billions of dollars, the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) once again called on carriers to drop their opposition to modernizing a local airport user fee known as the Passenger Facility Charge that finances the construction of new runways,… Read the full press release