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
Afraid it shows you come from Canada. Those travelling from other parts of the world find the US/Canadian habit of adding one or more taxes to the quoted price very annoying.
Here in Europe (where Ryanair exclusively operate) retail prices are almost always shown as the total price. Air travel is one of the few exceptions and it is not apparent how they were allowed to start doing so (it wasn't always like this) or to get away with it now.
In the UK the tax on air travel within the EC is £5 each way. Ryanair choose to charge arbitrary greater amounts and call it "taxes and fees".
Airport charges are not a tax, just like fuel, wheelchair services for the disabled, credit card charges etc are not. The point made in this case is that if Ryanair require £21.70 from you to provide a ticket, they should state in their advertising that it will cost you £21.70. Not zero.