Each of the extortions placed upon a passenger ticket may be small but they add up. My $105 ticket between OAK and LAX broke down to approximately $82 for the airilne and $23 to the government. That's about a 25% rate. I would love to get 25% of something that didn't cost me anything to produce. Taxes are extortion no matter how you look at it. Can you say "Mafia Protection Money?" David R > The PFC is a drop in the bucket compared to the other fees that airports > charge airlines for landing fees and various other fees that different > airports charge. Airlines look at what they have to pay and come up with > what it costs per average passenger and hopefully give that figure some > consideration in computing their fares to that city. > > Denver's fees are high because of the amount of bonds they have to pay off > that were used for the acquisition and construction of the airport. I > believe that's why Continental said adios. I don't think you'll ever see > Southwest at a high fee airport like DEN or MIA, especially when they can > serve closeby FLL and PBI for peanuts compared to what it would cost them at > MIA and suffer no delays behind banks of 30 AA flights all trying to get out > in a half hour time frame. I hope they start service to Colorado Springs > which has been begging them for years to start service in order to drive down > fares on the airlines now serving COS. It's a nice darn airport except they > need a parking garage instead of huge open lot, particularly during the > winter. > > Jose Prize > Fan of COS getting cheap LUV > > In a message dated 5/20/2003 11:18:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > clay.wardlow@xxxxxxxx writes: > > > Subj:Re: Airport official: replacement for United may be necessary > > Date:5/20/2003 11:18:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time > > From:<A HREF="mailto:clay.wardlow@xxxxxxxx";>clay.wardlow@xxxxxxxx</A> > > Reply-to:<A > HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > > To:<A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > > Sent from the Internet > > > > I happen to have my ticket for a trip I made SEA-DEN last month for > > business. If someone can tell me what the code is for the pax-fee, I'll > > find it on here. > > > > I've also wondered why they used DEN. DEN was for Stapleton. I guess they > > figured it would have been too much of an effort to change it since > > Stapleton was going away anyway. The locals (I was once one) call Denver > > International DIA, just like the people in Kansas City refer to MCI as KCI. > > > > I think the expense of operating at DEN is why Southwest won't fly there. > > I've always wondered with Southwest preference for using smaller airports > > (i.e. DAL, HOU), if they'd ever fly into Colorado Springs (COS). What do > > you all think? It could open up the Colorado ski traffic in the winter and > > the tourist traffic in the summer. > > > > My Denver office is almost on the Centennial Airport (APA) airfield. I > > remember when I lived there, the FAA told APA to open itself up to > > scheduled flights, and APA said no. The FAA pulled it's funding but the > > airport is so busy they can operate without it. If APA opened up, do any of > > you think Southwest would look there? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alireza Alivandivafa [mailto:DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 2:26 AM > > Subject: Re: Airport official: replacement for United may be necessary > > > > > > What is the PFC at DEN anyway? And why did they use the code DEN, when DIA > > was obvious. I know LAX is finally going to go to 4.50, hopefully they > > wont > > use it to bulldoze half the airport like Hahn wants > >