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Originally Posted by Ryan Coke
Keep in mind the Canadian government has far more fees and taxation on the aviation sector than most countries, including the US. If they wanted air travel in Canada to be more affordable they could easily reduce the burden on their end to make it comparable to the US and it would make a substantial impact. It’s also why if a US airline that wanted to compete on Canadian routes they would have to incur many of those same additional costs; though not all which is why it would be an unbalanced competitive field.
And to hear Anita Anand talking about meeting with airline CEOs because of “all the fees”, meanwhile ignoring the massive amount of fees that the government places on airlines and travellers, it is laughable.
Having said all that, I totally get the annoyance with the new and increasing fees. It sucks. But it is in response to trying to offer the lowest fares on search engines, because that is how many people book.
It’s like all of us buying from Amazon and Walmart, then being upset that Mom and Pop stores are closing down.
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Reducing these would mean spreading those costs out over the entire tax base, including the non-fliers. Maybe that is reasonable, maybe it's not.