Word: equipment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Congress is moving belatedly to supply funds to equip the nation's airways and airports for the superjet age, and most of the load will fall squarely on the air traveler. By spring Congress is likely to pass legislation to raise nearly $1.8 billion a year in new revenues. The ticket tax on domestic flights will rise from 5% to 8%, and there will be a new "head tax" of $3 on passengers flying overseas and a 2% tax on air freight. The money will be used to improve airways by adding new navigation and communications aids; airports will also...