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Why Everything At Airports Is So Expensive - Business Insider

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  • azimir@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because it’s an artificial monopoly with a captive audience? Because the government demands all kinds of extra overheads with sometimes dubious need beyond justifying government agency work?

    It’s not a huge mystery.

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    • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Seriously. Make you throw away a perfectly good drink so you have to buy another. Like, where else are you going to go lol.

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    • herroyalmelness@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “government agency” doesn’t own & run the shops & concessions. The monopoly is the corporate companies that own & run the retail. Yes, they pay rent to the airport authority, but they as the commercial enterprise sets the prices.

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      • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        You’re missing the point. You get past security, where you have to throw away food and drink, so where else are you going? Either suck it up or buy a water or items since you have nowhere else to get them.

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