Originally Posted by smith
Good luck to FR if they can carry it off.
I really don't quite understand this attitude. Airports are businesses and they will only operate if they believe that they can generate a return for their shareholders.
Airlines reducing fares (and as part of their business model) forcing down fees paid to airports, just results in airports having to recoup more money from other income streams (parking, retail, etc).
Do you think that operating costs of airports have reduced in the last 10 years? I very much doubt it. Pax will pay for airports (and airlines) at the end of the day. What low-costs have done is drive higher volumes of pax so that the individual cost is lower than it was 5 years ago.
But 'Good luck to FR' for driving up the cost of a parking space and a crap cup of coffee in the terminal? Not from me!