'Adds Insult To Injury' For Airlines And Customers
Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, today expressed strong opposition to a provision within the Senate-passed budget resolution, which immediately doubles, and eventually triples the TSA passenger security tax on the backs of the airlines, passengers and shippers, who collectively paid a record $2.3 billion in TSA taxes and fees last year and already pay more than their fair share of federal aviation taxes.