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YVR hikes up airport improvement fee

It will be more expensive for airline passengers to travel through Vancouver International Airport starting today.

The facility’s airport improvement fee now costs $5 more.

Passengers flying out of YVR now have to pay $20. Those flying within the province still have to pay a fee of $5.

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The airport improvement fee came in 19 years ago, but was supposed to be ditched in 2002.

The new fee hike goes towards a ten-year, 1.8-billion dollar improvement project.

Authorities at YVR say the increase, automatically added to the cost of a ticket, is necessary to keep improving the airport.

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