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Airport board backs 150% surcharge on non‑signatory charters
Summary
The board recommended setting non‑signatory carrier rates at 150% of signatory lease rates — a change that would raise typical charter fees from $200 to approximately $350.60; the recommendation moves to city council for adoption.
The Airport Development Board voted at its May meeting to recommend that non‑signatory carriers — charters and others that do not sign operating agreements — be charged 150% of the rates and fees paid by signatory carriers.
Don explained the rationale: non‑signatory carriers do not contribute to daily airport operating costs and therefore traditionally carry a premium. "What I am recommending...is in our rates and fees that we charge our non‑signatory carriers, charters, or anybody else who wants to operate as a non sig, 150% of the rates and charges that we're charging American and SkyWest," Don said. Under the change, Don said a charter fee that is currently $200 would rise to about $350.60.
Don said the landing fee (the fuel/landing charge) already contains a non‑signatory rate and would remain unchanged; the recommended 150% multiplier would apply to the other rates and charges in the leases. The board approved the motion by voice vote and the recommendation will be forwarded to city council for ordinance adoption.
