Originally Posted by
SWBKCB
Ah, the standard response - hard to believe, but people actually like bars, restaurants and shops in airports, and it gives the airport operators chance to make up for the low fees airlines pay. I'm sure that if fares and fees went up the airports would be happy to shuffle people through the terminal as quickly as possible, with minimum investment.
People are too addicted to the low headline fare for airport fees to be raised significantly. We see the "fly somewhere far away for pennies" advert, and it's only when we get to the airport that we remember the whole experience.