Aircraft Owners & Pilots Ass'n v. Port Authority of NY

MEMORANDUM and ORDER

DOOLING, District Judge.

The plaintiff association of aircraft owners and pilots and sixteen individual pilots and owners as plaintiffs and intervenors have sued to enjoin the further enforcement by the defendant Port of New York Authority of a “take-off” fee of twenty-five dollars exacted from each aircraft landing or taking cf. from the three major New York area airports during certain peak traffic hours. The twenty-five dollar fee does not apply to any aircraft operating with a seating configuration of twenty-five or more passengers nor does it apply to certain aircraft…