It seems strange that the taxi fare to the airport can cost more than the actual flight to a foreign land. Well that is what the low cost airlines have done to the flight trade over recent times. The business model was started in the USA by South West Airlines and now has pretty much been copied over the world with Easyjet and Ryanair dominating the UK. I have been to Italy for 99p each way and Salzburg for under a tenner and even Stockholm for