Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Issues Related to Determining How Best to Finance FAA

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• Creators:
  Anderson, John H. Jr.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Federal government agencies
  • Air transportation
  • Operating revenues
  • Financing
  • Alternatives analysis
  • User charges
  • Airport and Airway Trust Fund (Trust Fund)
  • Alternative financing
  • Aviation economics
  • Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) budget
• Publication/ Report Number:
  GAO/T-RCED-97-59
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1403158
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• Abstract:
  In December 1996, the General Accounting Office (GAO) reported to Congress on the status of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (Trust Fund) and on a proposal by a coalition of the nation's largest airlines to replace the tax on domestic airline tickets, which has been the Trust Fund's primary source of revenue, with fees on domestic operations. This 1997 testimony by John H. Anderson, Jr., Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division of the GAO discusses the (1) status of the Trust Fund, (2) issues raised by the coalition's proposal, (3) potential effects of the coalition's proposal on domestic competition, and (4) potential competitive impacts of alternative options for financing FAA. 20p.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12624/dot_12624_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 61.92 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:022b5c3d5d7190c29c39c1c2b4a0ca6dfe8829ecc8ae6fc64624c3d824fa6d5afbef675a94c49e6085d122977954983576e72e2375ab7dcf2d39de5ef3d42669