Boston Airport Officials Seek to Limit Private Planes, Landings

BOSTON —  Logan International Airport officials say their facility is a dangerous “daily air show” and will seek permission to restrict private planes and discourage landings at peak times, it was reported Friday.

John Vitagliano, vice chairman of the Massachusetts Port Authority board that oversees Logan, said the board will ask the federal government to allow it to impose fees and restrictions to force airlines to spread out flights throughout the day, the Boston Globe reported.

“Recently at Logan, it has become like a daily air show where planes try to avoid each other,” Vitagliano said.

Vitagliano said the proposals have become more important in the wake of several near-collisions around Logan and the deadly Sunday crash of a Northwest Airlines jet in Detroit.

In documents filed with the U.S. Transportation Department by Massport, Logan officials wants to charge airlines an extra fee to land at peak times, forbid private planes at least during peak hours and force the airlines to use larger, quieter jets most of the day, the Globe said.