Originally Posted by
ords
The CDA budget comes through landing rates, so in the end the airlines are the ones still paying for it.
Originally Posted by
CLEguy
True, but that amount is still fixed, so that money has to come out of something else
That's all true but no more true than to say the airlines have to pay for a pothole to be filled on the road in front of T2 (or wherever). Ultimately, there are thousands of things that go into running and maintaining an airport which, in theory, are paid for by landing fees. The question is whether the terminal transfer bus should be one of those thousands of things. With all the money spent on the armada of landside buses that were needed (are they still being used?), the TTB should look like a drop in the bucket by comparison.
In the end, isn't it the passenger that's paying for this anyway?