PEOPLExpress (Newport News) has been barred from using Newport News' air terminal for non-payment of federal passenger facility charges (PFCs). The charges, which are administered by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), are used for infrastructural maintenance and upgrades.
According to WTKR, the budget carrier has failed to pay its charges for the last three months leading to it being barred from using the airport terminal.
Prior to its suspension of operations in September, PEOPLExpress had offered scheduled services to Pittsburgh International, St. Petersburg/Clearwater, New York Newark, Boston, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson, West Palm Beach International, and New Orleans International. Though it had planned to resume operations in mid-October, the carrier has since deferred those plans as it pursues US Part 380 certification (Indirect Aircraft Carrier).
