A new study by the Center for Consumption Research (C.R.C.), based on ISTAT data, shows just how sharply the cost of vacations and travel has risen over the past ten years. Some of the figures seem almost unbelievable.
Last Saturday, US-based low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines said it was shutting down due to the sudden and sustained rise in fuel prices in recent weeks.
In airports, you are processed from one unsmiling robotic functionary to another. As in a penitentiary you are given a number, scrutinised, placed under constant surveillance and processed through the system. Typically, you’re in the airport longer than you are in the air.
Another impractical ruse was to impose a €1 charge for using aircraft toilets. This was followed by the ‘fat tax’; a scheme to surcharge passengers considered overweight.
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