Departure Tax

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divadsnilloc

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Does anybody know if the old £5 "travel tax" is still in place, bearing in mind the suggestion that there will be a extra €10 airline tax contained in todays Budget?
 
Was abolished a (good) few years ago I believe

The "Taxes and Charges" on flights departing Ireland are charges, not taxes .. there is currently no government tax
 
Correct - There is a £10 tax in the UK for departing Pax but no government tax in ireland.

To be honest it is ridiculous - What about Ships will they be penalised. Airlines are just going to have to absorb the charge in to their costs at a time when they really can not afford to (unless you are Ryanair) Passengers will not pay more just cause the government levy a tax....If it is a "green" tax then it should be based on the effeciency of the type of aircraft you fly

Result - More Airlines go out of business, more jobs lost.....etc

(declaring my interest here - I work in an airline)
 
figgy said:
Correct - There is a £10 tax in the UK for departing Pax but no government tax in ireland.
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In fact the UK tax ("Air Passenger Duty") is a minimum of £10 .. it's £10 for Short Haul economy class, £20 for premium classes .. and for Long Haul flights is £20 / £40 - only payable by passengers departing the UK - transit passengers in connection at Heathrow etc. don't pay this tax
 
Anybody think that this tax might be then put on top of what they charge to leave Knock (10e development fee)? 15 euros each time to leave knock would be ridiculous.
 
€15 to leave Knock?

Jaykers, I'd 100 times that to leave that hole of a place !
 
Seems like this did make it in .. looking at RTE News ... but I didn't think i heard it

€2 for flights up to 300km
€10 for all flights over 300km

300km is a fairly arbitrary limit .. for example Dublin to Manchester is €2, but Birmingham is €10 ... similary Glasgow is on the cheap rate but Edinburgh isn't
 
Is this effective immediately? the flight i priced yesterday at €17+ incl taxes is now €27+ even though flight cost is still 4.99
 
EvilDoctorK said:
Seems like this did make it in .. looking at RTE News ... but I didn't think i heard it

€2 for flights up to 300km
€10 for all flights over 300km

300km is a fairly arbitrary limit .. for example Dublin to Manchester is €2, but Birmingham is €10 ... similary Glasgow is on the cheap rate but Edinburgh isn't
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So presumably from Shannon they would all be 10€ making it cheaper to fly from Dublin? I'm not sure of distances so maybe it makes no difference.
 
Bronte said:
So presumably from Shannon they would all be 10€ making it cheaper to fly from Dublin? I'm not sure of distances so maybe it makes no difference.
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Yes .. I think any destination in Britain would be more than 300km from Shannon
 
My other half tells me the tax is based on the size of the plane rather than the distance travelled, anyone know if this is true?
 
Nope don't think so ... according to what I read on the Department of Finance site it's purely distance travelled (though clearly shorter flights tend to be on smaller aircraft, but not always .. e.g.. if you flew just Dublin-Shannon on an Aer Lingus flight that then continued on to the US you'd only be charged €2)

There was talk of reforming the UK Air Passenger Duty to be charged per plane (related to aircraft size / efficiency) .. but this has as yet not been implemented and the UK charges a fee per passenger as previously mentioned.
 
I've seen these departures taxes in all sorts of developing countries in central & south america and asia. It's always a tax that you pay at the airport after going through the check in procedure. I wonder if it will be taken this way?
 
No they will collect off the carriers....who will collect at the booking stage ... hence the run in to the charge being applied.

Waterford Airport used to collect their delelopment levy at the airport but this is now collect on booking certainly on the majority of carriers.
 
I don't think it will really have an impact. After a few weeks of moaning, people will just go ahead and pay the extra. I can't see it having a real impact on numbers.When the £5 tax came in it was a lot more expensive in real terms, and it had little or no impact then. No reason to expect anything different now.
 
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