Back in June I cited a report out of Canada regarding Ottawa's decision to reduce its airport landing fees to help reduce the impact of rising fuel on the airline's that serve the city. Now, we have the opposite story out of LAX.
The airport board projects "Airline projections indicate that flights will decline by almost 17% at LAX in November while the number of available seats will drop by slightly more than 11%." As result landing fees are going up $0.50 at LAX and $0.27 at Ontario. It is a small change -- only $300 or so for each 747. Still, as the article's airline expert du jour notes, these charges will likely be passed on to the consumer.
As a side note, the story notes that LAX will be hit harder by the downturn since it is not a hub for any carrier. Last I checked, United still had a hub there.
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