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1、NewAirportLandingFeesDelayed机场降落收费新政策延期1thegovernmenthasdelayedbyatlastamonthaplantoreducecongestionatthenation'sairportsfollowingstiffresistancefromairlines.受到航空公司的强烈反对,政府关于减轻国家机场的拥堵的计划,至少推迟了一个月。2.Anewfederalpolicyallowingairportstochargehigherlandingfeesduringpeak
2、periods,andforotherreasons,aimstoreducedelaysbyencouragingairlinestospreadtheirflightsmoreevenlythroughouttheday.Thepolicywhichalsoencouragescongestedairportstoincludeinlandingfeesthecostofexpansionprojects,hadbeenscheduledtotakeeffectinMarch,followinga45-daycomment
3、period.一项新的联邦政策允许机场在高峰期收取更高的降落费用,或因其它原因,旨在鼓励航空公司在一天内更均匀地安排航班起落以减少延误。该政策还鼓励拥挤的机场将机场扩建项目的成本纳入到机场降落收费中。此项政策原计划三月份生效,并设置了45天的征询意见期。3.Butairlinetradegroups,whichopposetheplan,requesteda30-dayextensionofthecommentperiod.Theirrequesthasbeengranted,aTransportationDepartment
4、spokesmansaidThursday.但是反对这项方案的航空公司贸易团体,要求将征询意见期延长30天。星期四交通部发言人说,他们的要求已被批准。4.TheAirTransportAssociation,whichrepresentsthenations’slargestairlines,welcomedthegovernment’sdecisionforgivingit“moretimetothoroughlyreviewtheproposalandprovidemeaningfulinput”,saidspokesma
5、nDavidCastelveter.美国航空运输协会,作为美国最大的航空公司,其发言人DavidCastelveter表示支持政府“放宽时间进行彻底审查并提供有效信息输入的提议。5.Airlinedelays,lastyearwerethesecondworstsincecomparabledatabeganbeingcollectedin1995,thedepartmentsaidthisweek.交通运输部本周表示,去年的航班延误是自1995年参考数据被搜集以来第二糟糕的6.Theassociationrepresenti
6、ngairportownersandoperatorssaiditsmembersarereadytoactnow,butdidnotopposetheairlines’requestforanextension.代表机场的所有者和经营者的美国航空运输协会表示,其成员现在已经准备好实施这一方案,但并不反对对征询意见其的延长。7.“Airportsarereadytoimplementmeasurestoaddresspassengercongestionanddelaytoday,”saidDeborahMcElroy,exe
7、cutivevicepresidentforpolicyandexternalaffairsatAirportsCouncilInternational--NorthAmerica.国际机场协会北美地区政策与对外事务执行副总裁DeborahMcElroy说,“机场现在已经准备采取措施应对乘客拥堵和航班延误。”8.OnJanuary14,TransportationSecretaryMaryPeterssaidthepolicywillmakeiteasierforairportstoreducedelaysbycharging
8、feesbasedontrafficvolume,insteadofaircraftweightalone.Theproposalalsowouldallowoperatorsofmultipleairports,suchasthePortAuthorityofNewYork