Indicative content:
• Increased environmental taxes
• Increase in fuel costs
• Additional service (security) costs are passed on to customers
• Increased landing fees
• Inflation
Credit all valid responses in context
Level 1 (1–2 marks) will identify up to two valid reasons, providing
some detail but will be mainly descriptive
Level 2 (3–4 marks) can be awarded for an analysis of the reasons,
clearly indicating how these have caused an increase in price
Level 3 (5–6 marks) can be awarded for evaluative comment about the
significance/importance of particular reasons. Better answers will have a
reasoned conclusion
The increasing costs of aviation fuel have led to airlines increasing their
prices [L1]. The cost of the fuel has been passed on to the passenger
through an increase in ticket prices, airlines have to ensure that all costs
are covered to continue operating [L2]. In addition many governments
added environmental taxes to air travel [L1] this tax has to be collected
by the airline and passed onto the government, this is collected within the
ticket price hence the increase in ticket price [L2]. The greatest increase
in price has come from additional taxes such as the environmental tax
[L3]