taxi reality

I fear you don't appreciate the entire situation for the airport taxis. While local taxis charge less for the same ride, they can afford to because they not only take fares from point A to point B, but they also commonly take fares from point B to point A. The airport taxis not only typically provide better vehicles, but they normally only take fares from point A to point B but not the reverse. Even though technically they are supposed to be able to offer trips from lodgings to the airport, the local taxi unions have been fairly successful at getting away with illegally blocking the airport taxis, and that's where the original taxi blocking started. Since they've been allowed to get away with it, obviously they feel emboldened to take it to the next level and block other people whom they deem are "stealing their business". The lack of intervention by the federal government, who license the airport taxis, has allowed the local taxis, who are licensed by the state government, to get away with breaking the law because local and state governments pander to the large taxi unions for their votes.