A significant portion of the air travel ticket price goes toward taxes and fees that are beyond the airline’s control

Flying in Canada is expensive.

The reasons are obvious when you consider that nearly a third of the price of a plane ticket is made up of taxes and fees outside of the airline’s control.

For example, imagine that you want to book a flight from Montreal to Vancouver to go skiing during your spring break.

Even before adding a single bag, the least expensive return trip with Porter will cost you $512.05. Yet, from the airline’s perspective, this trip is offered to you at $332.00.

The other $180.05 represents the various charges and taxes you have to pay, of which the federal government is one of the largest beneficiaries.

Photo by Gerrie van der Walt

Photo by Gerrie van der Walt

The biggest slice, making up $102.00 in this case, is due to what is known as airport improvement fees.

Although these fees are charged by the non-profit airport authorities responsible for........

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