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It's my understanding that most of these cheap flights are heavily subsidized to begin with. But my point was more that just as we have certain expectations fo
by keiferski 4y ago
It's my understanding that most of these cheap flights are heavily subsidized to begin with.
But my point was more that just as we have certain expectations for other things, it would be nice if we had the same for air travel – and not just resign ourselves to "the absolute lowest price possible" as the defining characteristic.
- rob74 4y agoIf you mean "subsidized" because the airlines don't have to pay the kind of taxes on jet fuel that users of road (or rail) vehicles have to pay on gas, or that they only have to pay airport taxes, but can use the airways free of charge, then yes. But no-frills airlines like Ryanair are not in the charity business, so you can bet that their price calculation is economically sound on the whole.