Taxes to be per flight, not per passenger

richardw

Chancellor announces changes http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7036009.stm

'Mr Darling said aviation duty would be paid on flights, rather than individual passengers.'

Cue Ryanair to boast 'My flights are fuller than yours!'

dzug

richardw wrote: »

Chancellor announces changes http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7036009.stm

'Mr Darling said aviation duty would be paid on flights, rather than individual passengers.'

Cue Ryanair to boast 'My flights are fuller than yours!'

It means they will be even less likely to refund it to you if you cancel your flight, on the grounds they had to pay it anyway.....

budgetflyer

How can they calculate and charge it ? The flight may not be full untill 2 hours before take off.
It sounds like another ill thought out "green" gimmick

trisontana

I think the way it will work is that the airline will pay a fixed amount of tax per plane per flight. So if the plane is empty or full the same tax will have to be paid by the airline. I imagine each type and size of plane will attract a different tax , depending on its carbon footprint. If or how they pass this charge onto customers will be interesting to see.

davidlizard

Depending how large this tax is, it may encourage certain airlines to cancel flights that are well under capacity, and probably blame it on a "technical problem"

The price no doubt will be passed on as a surcharge, and any surplus will no doubt end up in the directors pockets.