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Airlines Oppose Raising Fee Passengers Pay for TSA Service

In its budget blueprint, the Trump administration proposes raising the security services fee to cover 75 percent of the TSA's cost.

A Transportation Security Administration screener accepts passenger's identification at an airport security checkpoint. (Photo: TSA)

March 20, 2017

U.S. airlines are heartened by President Donald Trump’s support of creating a new air traffic control organization, but find themselves at loggerheads with the administration over its proposal to increase the security fee they collect from passengers to help pay for services of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

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