...airlines like FR demanded low charges from airports who couldn't afford to turn away their busines
And now they are totally beholden to these foul, greedy heartless corporations. They now have no way out. They have sold their hearts to the devil and this is the additional price they must pay. For those with some backbone they way ahead to charge airlines but at the same time provide them with passengers and a service. Additional revenues can be made from ancillary activities, but the chiselling of passengers has to stop.
The short-term robbery of passengers is seen by them for exactly what it is - profiteering. Knowing you will get ripped off means offsite parking, taking your own food and sweets on board and buying books and magazines at supermarkets before travelling. When the travelling public feel they are getting value for money they might start spending again. Until then, the rapacious owners and avaricious management must start gettihg used to ever decreasing yields.
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