Regulations and Government
User Fees Still on Business Aviation’s Radar
Ed Bolen, NBAA president and CEO
Ed Bolen, NBAA president and CEO

Whether you call it a user fee or a tax, the White House proposal to levy a $100 charge each and every time a turbine-powered, fixed-wing aircraft departs an airport is not sitting well with business aviation. “Technically, it’s a tax–by definition,” said NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen. And he pointed out that the industry has been fighting user fees on an almost day-to-day basis for most of the past half decade.