I think of parking fees at the airport as more of a deterrent than a cost covering measure. You can't make millions of dollars a month for having empty space available and claim your costs are that high. It is, rather, a way of artificially lowering demand for those spaces and keeping people moving. Now, the socially responsible thing to do with such fees is not to keep them to yourself, but to donate them to charity. I doubt any airport worldwide would even consider such a thing.
Mokalus of Borg
PS - There may be a need to keep some of the fees for routine maintenance.
PPS - Roads and driving surfaces do deteriorate, after all.
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I would imagine that the fees from the parking would go towards the cost of running the airport ... unless I'm mistaken and airport carparks are privately owned...
Which is a distinct possibility.
That would be a heck of a scam to run, then. As long as people need to come and go from the airport (a situation that is likely to continue for many more decades) you're forced to have high prices to keep demand manageable, and your profits are through the roof.
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