Why are Canadian airports so expensive?

In Canada, airports have to pay rent to the federal government, a percentage of each airport authority's gross revenue, which is not the case in many other countries. “So, they have to pass on those fees to airlines [and they] pass them along to passenger,” explained D'Amours.



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