Similar efforts on the state level in New York suffered a blow Tuesday when a federal appellate court in Manhattan struck down a state air passenger rights law that took effect Jan. 1. The court said the federal government — not individual states — has jurisdiction over airlines.

State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is reviewing the appellate court decision, a spokesman said.

The federal proposal got stuck last fall, along with the broader bill that it became part of. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.), who has since stepped down from the Senate, objected to the Federal Aviation Administration legislation because it did not include a requirement that corporate jets pay a $25-per-flight “user fee” to go toward upgrading air-traffic control systems and airports.

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