Loshen, most people here seem to be Colonials, and we are way behind Europe in free testing. My understanding is that in many places, like Cyprus and others, these tests are all over the place, free or very cheap. At the tax-payers cost, of course. In the case of the airport, would they let you bring your own test that you can pre-order or do they force you to take and pay to a specific company? If the latter, this is not right, and, at minimum, they should have an open bid for the job. That said, it may be that the bid will end up with a high price – possibly, they need to rent a place, train people, send urgently to the lab to ensure quick turn-around, maybe using more robust or multiple tests.
Should airport tests be free? Maybe not. Most flyers are either vacationing or doing business, so they should pay for it, not taxpayers.