Claim: "Taxes and fees amount to about 20 percent of a typical $300 round-trip domestic ticket. That's higher than taxes on products like alcohol, tobacco and firearms."
Fact-check: Southwest Airlines CEO says federal taxes on a flight are 20%, higher than sin and gun taxes
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Kertscher
Date published: 2013-03-17T00:00:00