TAXES, FEES AND CHARGES: Follow up report to - Air Transport ...

Route
Stansted to Alicante
Belfast to Ibiza
Birmingham to Aberdeen
Newcastle to Krakow
Glasgow to Birmingham
Airline
TFCs
(return flight)
Easyjet £22
Ryanair £38.93
Easyjet £20
Jet2 £29.20
Flybe £51.30
Bmibaby £37.90
Jet2 £28
Easyjet £21.50
Bmibaby £38.95
Flybe £50.30
Conclusion
There remains a risk that passengers are not aware that airlines charge different TFCs
on a route and therefore might not look at other airlines’ websites to compare fares. In
addition, passengers now have a further problem in that they must compare prices
between those airlines that include TFCs in their prices and those that don’t.
The solution is for all airlines to quote fares inclusive of TFCs on their websites. This
would mean that passengers would be aware of what they would be paying in total up
front and be able to compare airline fares on a like for like basis and therefore would
not be potentially misled into booking with one particular carrier over another.
Moreover, if all airlines were to do this then there would be no competitive advantage
for one airline over another and they would have no incentive to separate out TFCs
from the base fare.
Air Transport Users Council (AUC)
4 May 2007