Airports Are Losing Money as Ride-Hailing Services Grow

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/business/airports-ride-hailing-services.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0

by prostoalex • 9 years ago

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Frogolocalypse• 9 years ago

Can't come too soon. I have been fleeced by airports, especially in Australia, for years.

toomuchtodo• 9 years ago

They’re still going to get the money. Landing fees will go up.

prepend• 9 years ago

That’s cool with me. I’d rather have fees more closely associated with the thing I’m buying. I don’t like being charged extra for taxis because landing fees are lower.

hkmurakami• 9 years ago

Iirc there's a current proposal to increase ticketing fees by ~$7 in the US. Airlines are fighting it. It's amusing.

cityzen• 9 years ago

Funny how that works... “The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that it expects the global airline industry to make a net profit in 2017 of $29.8 billion” and yet somehow airports are losing money on how people get to/from the airport so we can give our little bit to this nearly 30 billion in profit (expected to be higher next year). Makes sense... let’s find a way to keep all that money in the airlines and nickel and dime everyone else until people stop flying entirely and we can then bail out both the airlines and the airports. We live in amazing times.

cardiffspaceman• 9 years ago

Does this industry include the airport operators?

Airports Are Losing Money as Ride-Hailing Services Grow

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