Small correction to this, the $90 CPE would only be for departing, not arriving passenger so they would only be charged it once.jonkleinow wrote: ↑10:08 PM - 1 day agoHe hasn't said where the $22 billion will come from, though. I don't think he's just going to give them all the funds in a grant. An article I read said that, if the airport and United were to finance it through bonds, the CPE (cost per enplanement, the portion of the airline ticket price that goes towards airport infrastructure) could jump from less than $26 to more than $90 per ticket. Have fun trying to get people to fly through your Dulles hub when every connecting passenger pays $180 for the privilege.
Your overall point stands, although they would spread the cost throughout the system on non Dulles flights also. But it definetly wouldn't incentivize them to connect people there if somewhere else is half the cost.