Originally Posted by simpleflyer

Not that I'm a fan of Ryanair, but in fairness to it the government and related agencies are the ones charging the fees, not to mention that other, non-airline-related goods and services are generally advertised without many of the required taxes factored into their prices. In part, this is because of the complexity of the tax structure, plus taxpayers deserve to see just how much they're being dinged.

I'd love to have the government and airports publish a breakdown of just what they are spending the money on. In regular-sized print, at that.