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The article focuses on the conflicting opinions of U.S. airports and airlines on the proposal of the U.S. Department of Transportation aimed at easing congestion by allowing airports greater flexibility in assessing landing fees. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) calls the proposal ineffective and inefficient tool. IATA is concerned that by encouraging airports to increase landing fees at busy periods the proposed policy will disrupt airline networks that are based on feeder airplane traffic connecting with long-haul flights.

Talks about the varying rate of airport fees being charged at different European airports and how airport landing fee revenues are benefiting with the trend of deregulation of Europe's airline industry. European countrywise fee comparison; Details of a ADP Paris airport authority survey on airport fee in Europe.

Reports on United States Department of Transportation administrative law judge John J. Mathias' rejection of the landing fees imposed by the Los Angeles Department of Airports. Plan by the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to charge fair market value rents instead of traditional rents; Issues that Mathias investigated. INSET: New LAX tower to open in 1996..

Reports on the impact of increased landing fees on Hawaii's interisland airlines. Spending of revenues generated by customer airlines; Method of landing fee calculation; Purpose of landing fee hikes.

Discusses the dispute on landing fees at the Los Angeles International Airport. Airport's threat against carriers; Plan of the Air Transport Association and the airlines to petition the Transportation Department; Calculation of landing fees; Disagreement over what type of landing fee shall be paid; Passenger reaction to the issue.

Reports on the Kansai International Airport Corp.'s landing fee proposal scheduled for 1994. Landing fee as nine percent higher than the highest landing fee; Cost overruns as responsible for the increase; Additional construction required to reinforce the foundation; Hefty interest charges.

Reports on the dispute between the city of Los Angeles, California and the airline industry. Threat by the city to expel three-quarters of the airlines at Los Angeles International Airport if they do not pay tripled landing fees within 11 days; Pending decision by a federal court. INSET: Airport study counters overcharging allegations..

The article notes the complaints of Latin American airlines that governments in the region are meddling too much in the industry. Topics include misguided regulation, poor quality infrastructure, and diversion of landing fees to non-aviation projects. The article also notes a chart showing the stock performance of several airlines.

The article reports on a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which states that U.S. airports are able to control congestion and flight delays by levying higher landing fees on airlines. The opposition of the Air Transport Association (ATA) to the decision is discussed.

The article reports on the plan of the Wayne County Airport Authority in Michigan to lower landing fees at Detroit Metro Airport by 28% for fiscal 2007. It also expects to issue $20 million in refunds to airlines when the books are closed on fiscal 2006. The adjustment to $2.41 from $3.37 per 1,000 lb. of landed weight would save a Boeing 747-400 operator $220,000 a year if a 747 landed at the airport every day.

This article reports that with the long air travel slump coming to an end, congestion has returned to Chicago's O' Hare International Airport. The airport, a linchpin of the U.S. air transport system, now has the worst congestion, and the most travel delays, of any airport in the country. Under the price-based approach, airlines' landing fees would rise during peak hours and be cut during off-peak hours. This change would lead to a dramatic shift in the time pattern of landing fees, which are now constant throughout the day at U.S. airports and depend only on aircraft weight. Faced with higher costs for peak operations, the airlines would shift some of their flights to less-crowded times, relieving peak congestion and cutting delays.

This article focuses on airlines. The NTSB is recommending the FAA expedite an airworthiness directive that would require operators of Boeing 737 classics to perform a detailed inspection and rework of the main landing gear retract actuator beam as specified in Boeing's Service Bulletin 737-32A1355. The board points out that failure of the MLG retract actuator beam can damage the beam arm, hydraulic tubing and the flight control cables, which can lead to loss of control of the aircraft. The U.S. Transportation Department authorized Primaris Airlines to operate charter service with its single Boeing 757 aircraft while the carrier continues attempts to raise more than $60 million needed to launch its intended domestic and foreign scheduled service, which the department authorized last fall. Hong Kong International Airport is fighting back competition with a two-year rebate incentive for 50% off landing fees in the first year and 25% off in the second to carriers flying to new destinations.

The organization International Air Transport Association has requested national airplane authorities to reduce airplane landing and parking charges until scares related to the disease severe acute respiratory syndrome subsides. Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea has agreed to reduce landing and parking charges following initiatives of Hong Kong International Airport which provided limited relief in an earlier move. In May China cut its landing and air navigation fees by 20 percent in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou to benefit foreign carriers.

Reports that Tokyo, Japan's Narita International Airport's refusal to capitulate on an airport fee dispute is riling the International Air Transport Association (IATA) members who are just emerging from the Asian economic slump. Argument presented by IATA for relaxed fees; Profits recorded by air traffic control authorities; Airports that reduced their charges; Reasons cited by Narita airport officials for the high fees.

Reports that Hong Kong's Airport Authority has been forced to cut landing fees to ward off loss of business to competing airports. Analysts' view that the cuts are not enough to revive tourism in the area; Amount to be lost by the authority as a result of the cuts; Concerns that the airport is losing passenger traffic because of airport fees.

Reports on developments related to the airline industry as of August 16, 1999. Includes growth of passenger and cargo volumes for Europe-based airlines; Foreign Airlines Association of Japan's complaint against Japan's landing fees.

Talks about the trend of airport fees applicable in various airports of Asia. Airport fees charged by Japan from other Asian carriers; Construction of airports in Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Manila and Asian capital cities and fee likely to be charged by the authorities; Figures.

Reports on the decision of the Transportation Dept. to refund the landing fee imposed on the City of Los Angeles on July 1, 1993.

Reports on Japanese transportation minister Shizuka Kamei's ordered study of landing fees at Osaka-based Kansai International Airport. Consequences of landing fees to airport funding; Criticisms on Kamei for proposing no alternative revenue; Japan's airport projects as compared to airport budgets; Landing fees for airplane models; Drop in the airport's international services.

Reports on Judge A. Wallace Tashima's dismissal of Air Transport Association's and airlines's lawsuit against higher landing fees at Los Angeles International Airport in California. Need for the federal law to be changed to provide airlines some recourse in challenging airport fees; Airlines' lack of `private right of action' to sue; Other basis of Tashima's dismissal of the case.

Focuses on the probable increase in the landing fees at Hawaiian state airports. Drop in revenue from duty-free shop concessions; Increasing airport costs; Need to avoid debt default; Residual method of calculating landing fees; Obstacles to an airport-airline lease agreement.

Reports on the agreement of air carriers at Los Angeles International Airport to pay higher interim landing fees. Payment of fees under protest pending resolution of their validity; Airlines' suit against the city of Los Angeles; Federal role in airport-airline disputes; Two-day bargaining session; Points of the agreement; Effects on the public.

Reports on the Air Transport Association's (ATA) suit against the City of Los Angeles, California, claiming that tripled landing fees go beyond what is required to operate the Los Angeles International Airport and violate international aviation agreements. Rate regulation; Shutting down of ATA members' operations.

Reports on the US Congress' response to the blocking of higher fees or deicing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Introduction of the Aviation Infrastructure Investment Act of 1993 to penalize airports for diverting revenue; Lawsuit by airlines against the Los Angeles Airport Commissioners for tripling landing fees; Details of the case.

Reports on Germany's Ministry of Transport's plans of increasing both approach and departure fees at its airports in 1994. Increase to help pay the cost of privatizing the country's air traffic control system; Decrease in delays due to the effectiveness of the Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH.