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When was the Airport and Airway Trust Fund created?

1970

REPORT: “High Flyers: How Private Jet Travel Is Straining the System, Warming the Planet, and Costing You Money”

June 2008

As Americans prepare to pay extra for checked bags, wait in long lines, and endure increasingly crowded commercial flights, super-wealthy private jet owners are enjoying tax breaks and luxury at the public’s expense.

“High Flyers: How Private Jet Travel Is Straining the System, Warming the Planet, and Costing You Money,” a report from the Institute for Policy Studies and Essential Action, exposes the impacts of private aviation on the air traffic system, carbon emissions, and everyday travelers.

The report criticizes government inaction to rein in gas-guzzling, sky-crowding private jets, and the super-wealthy High Flyers who dodge security restrictions, carbon costs, and taxes.

To learn more about the report, click here.

To view the report in PDF format, click here.

Source: Institute for Policy Studies and Essential Action
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