Worse, even. Fuel is heavily subsidised (In many EU countries there's no excise on fuel for aircraft, but all other transports pay them; in UAE and other oil-st

Worse, even. Fuel is heavily subsidised (In many EU countries there's no excise on fuel for aircraft, but all other transports pay them; in UAE and other oil-states, fuel is even "free" for local carriers). Airports are often kept aloft by (local) governments (Ryanair to Charleroi every X years: Want us to start paying you? Then we leave and you can close the airport. Good luck with the unemplyment). And ticketprices are subsidised (in EU at least) by not having VAT and other taxes on them. Airtravel is a very heavily subsidised sector. As is train-travel and other public transport, but (I'm not expert, so this is merely hearsay) apparently airtravel is heavier subsidised than public transport.