Airline passengers subsidizing private aviation

(Mxsmanic) wrote in
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Do the fees paid by the commercial airlines completely cover the
costs of building and operating airports and the air traffic control
system?

If not, then passengers are also subsidizing commercial aviation.

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Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

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(Mxsmanic) wrote in
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Apologies if someone else has already posted this:

Do the fees paid by the commercial airlines completely cover the
costs of building and operating airports and the air traffic control
system?

If not, then passengers are also subsidizing commercial aviation.

For the most part, that is called fares.

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"Bert Hyman" wrote in message
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(Mxsmanic) wrote in
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Apologies if someone else has already posted this:

Do the fees paid by the commercial airlines completely cover the
costs of building and operating airports and the air traffic
control system?

If not, then passengers are also subsidizing commercial aviation.

For the most part, that is called fares.

How do fares cover the cost of building and operating the airports
and air traffic control system other than through fees that are
included in those fares?

So, do the fees collected by the commercial airlines through their
fares and then paid to various agencies completely cover the costs of
building and operating airports and the air traffic control system?

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

"Bert Hyman" wrote in message
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"Bert Hyman" wrote in message
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(Mxsmanic) wrote in
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Apologies if someone else has already posted this:

Do the fees paid by the commercial airlines completely cover the
costs of building and operating airports and the air traffic
control system?

If not, then passengers are also subsidizing commercial aviation.

For the most part, that is called fares.

How do fares cover the cost of building and operating the airports
and air traffic control system other than through fees that are
included in those fares?

Significants parts of the fares go to expenses like landing fees and leases.

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"Bert Hyman" wrote in message
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"Bert Hyman" wrote in message
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(Mxsmanic) wrote in
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Apologies if someone else has already posted this:

Do the fees paid by the commercial airlines completely cover the
costs of building and operating airports and the air traffic
control system?

If not, then passengers are also subsidizing commercial
aviation.

For the most part, that is called fares.

How do fares cover the cost of building and operating the airports
and air traffic control system other than through fees that are
included in those fares?

Significants parts of the fares go to expenses like landing fees
and leases.

And do those "significant parts" cover the cost of building and
operating the airports and air traffic control system?

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

Just get to the point rather than repeatedly asking arsine rhetorical
questions.

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"Bert Hyman" wrote in message
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"Bert Hyman" wrote in message
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(Mxsmanic) wrote in
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Apologies if someone else has already posted this:

Do the fees paid by the commercial airlines completely cover the
costs of building and operating airports and the air traffic
control system?

If not, then passengers are also subsidizing commercial
aviation.

For the most part, that is called fares.

How do fares cover the cost of building and operating the airports
and air traffic control system other than through fees that are
included in those fares?

Significants parts of the fares go to expenses like landing fees
and leases.

And do those "significant parts" cover the cost of building and
operating the airports and air traffic control system?

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

(Barney Rubble) wrote in
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Just get to the point rather than repeatedly asking arsine
rhetorical questions.

What makes you think my question was rhetorical?

If the OP had simply answered the question directly, the thread would
have stopped at one.


"Bert Hyman" wrote in message
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"Bert Hyman" wrote in message
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"Bert Hyman" wrote in message
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(Mxsmanic) wrote in
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Apologies if someone else has already posted this:

Do the fees paid by the commercial airlines completely cover
the costs of building and operating airports and the air
traffic control system?

If not, then passengers are also subsidizing commercial
aviation.

For the most part, that is called fares.

How do fares cover the cost of building and operating the
airports and air traffic control system other than through fees
that are included in those fares?

Significants parts of the fares go to expenses like landing fees
and leases.

And do those "significant parts" cover the cost of building and
operating the airports and air traffic control system?

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

So, do the fees collected by the commercial airlines through their
fares and then paid to various agencies completely cover the costs of
building and operating airports and the air traffic control system?

Nope..

denny

"Denny" wrote in message
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So, do the fees collected by the commercial airlines through their
fares and then paid to various agencies completely cover the costs of
building and operating airports and the air traffic control system?

Nope..

They don't even cover the costs of running the airlines - that's why they
are all in Chapter 11.

On Apr 17, 10:04 am, Denny wrote:
So, do the fees collected by the commercial airlines through their
fares and then paid to various agencies completely cover the costs of
building and operating airports and the air traffic control system?

Nope..

denny

Nor should they have to.
They are part of a transportation system, just like roads and
highways.
Roads and highways get subsidized; the people using them may not pay
for them, and people who don't drive may pay quite a bit for them.
We build roads and interchanges to allow traffic to get to businesses
big enough to warrant them (Bass Pro got megamillions from San Antonio
and some city in PHX area; subsidized fishing anyone?)
Since roads get built with sales taxes, property taxes, and other
taxes in addition to gas taxes, it is obvious that transportation
systems all get subsidized. Transportation systems are enablers of
other businesses and such.