I know when I bought a plane ticket the price almost doubled when you add up all the fees from Airport improvement to security fees and many in between.Unreasonably high security and rent fees at Canadian airports are gouging travellers and airlines alike, the head of an international aviation organization says.
Giovanni Bisignani, CEO of the International Air Transport Association, which represents 250 airports around the world, told a Vancouver Board of Trade luncheon Monday that Ottawa collected $1.2 billion in air traveller security fees between 2002 and 2005.
But only $800 million was used for airport security, he said
"I will be polite and characterize this skyway robbery as very unfair to the passengers."
Some of the remaining funds were used to fund marine, rail and public transport security, he said. Bisignani suggested that it's unreasonable to force air travellers to subsidize security for other modes of transportation.
Airlines forced to pay more in landing fees
He also noted the federal government's rent fees are exceptionally high, prompting the airports to charge the airlines more in landing fees. Bisignani said Toronto's Pearson International Airport is the most expensive airport in the world for landing a 747 airliner.
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