I would have thought, seeing as a return trip on a Liner is netting approx 800,000 credits, that it would have been obvious that the prices had been increased.
Also, if you check the 'Trade Routes' in your Inventory, you will see that the 'named' stations are paying a lot more than the ones that are further afield.
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