Ryanair's "Taxes, Fees and Charges" (Again!)
I was recently browsing Ryanair and easyJet's websites for flights to Malaga from London and was astonished at the differences between what the two airlines quoted as "taxes, fees and charges" (excluding credit/debit card "handling" fees).
Easyjet added a total of £14 for a return trip STN-AGP-STN, under the heading "airport charges and government taxes". As this includes £10 UK Air Passenger Duty, I can only assume that the combined passenger service charges levied by Stansted and Malaga airports is only £4.
Now compare this with Ryanair. It adds £25.91 outbound and £22.23 inbound, a total of £48.14!! How can the two airlines' taxes, charges and fees be so different for the same route? I'd be grateful to anyone who has a clue.
(Oddly, if you take the APD off the outbound Ryanair leg, one has £15.91 for STN-AGP and £22.23 for AGP-STN. Again, this is puzzling given Ryanair's contention that Stansted is such an expensive airport to use etc., etc.)