NickB....Yes I do read your posts properly however for someone who says they aren't bothered that resident fares exist you yourself said ''I guess that what is particularly irksome as a visitor is the double-whammy: you have to pay non-res fares''.

Easy to get the impression that it does bother you to some extent.
I still maintain even without resident fares visitor fares wouldn't be any cheaper than they are now. I see a £220 return fare from AEP-IGR in April freely available to non residents. I'd call that reasonable don't you?

I suspect visitors who find the fares here expensive are used to buying air fares in markets where the major carriers have low cost competition to deal with. Considering no frills airlines don't exist here I'd say air fares are at a decent level.