Topic: Airlines
This is not about the airline, it's about the govermnent and the stupid airport improvement fees. There are a ton of "taxes" that the Canadian airlines are forced to charge by the govt...it IS ridiculous.
Arpt improvemnt fees are now charged by almost every airport in Canada, no matter how small and puny, and most are now $20 !! Even having a transit stop in Toronto tacks on a fee (and try flying anywhere good without a cnx in Toronto!) AC doesn't see any of these fees, just forced to collect it as most of them are ticketable. I think the AIF's and NAv Can and all the other stupid fees should have seperate kiosks at the arpt so people can stop blaming AC and start seeing the truth..that everyone has thir hand out, nickel and diming you.
In the US< there are zero AIF's.
In the US, the airlines have gotten subsidies to compensate for hard times, high price of fuel, etc. Canada, not so much.
Fuel prices have almost doubled but fare is almost the same.
The US also forces US taxes to be ticketable on Canadian airline tickets where they are entering the states, for security , passenger facility charge, etc. I guess they consider transborder flts more of a risk...
So, if you think the fare is reasonable not withstanding the taxes and fees, it is not the airlines fault..they don't see a penny of that.
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