George wrote:

I think airport food is a "what the market will bear" scenario more than
an "offsetting higher costs" scenario.

> rentals. If you were a merchant that had say two locations (one airport,
> one off airport) and you were hit with additional "hidden" taxes and
> fees at the airport location would you charge more at that location?

Depends.

If you were an airline and had one predictably low-drama passenger and a
proven PITA that consumes 70% of some attendant's time, would you charge
the latter more?

If you were an rental car company at an airport and knew that some
demographic was costing you more money but the demographic was not
separable for political/optics reasons, would you charge them more?

I bring these up because there are reasons that companies sometimes
choose to have some customers subsidize other ones instead of raising
the price where costs are really higher. Not saying it's right, just
saying that higher airport prices are not necessarily a given.