Taxes taxes and taxes ….. why?

You’re very mixed up with all of this. As has already been said, government imposed taxes are the same, regardless of airline. The bag charges, seat allocation charges, extra legroom charges, are merely an instrument used by the cheap end of the market (ChavAir aka Ryanair et al) to recover additional revenue that they don’t gather as a result of finding the need to advertise and particuarly low “head line” (i.e. £0.01) fares in the first place. Basically, the ignorant punter sees the headline £0.01 fare and thinks “great, really cheap” and fails to consider all the extras Con-Air (sorry, Ryanair) will try to impose to bump up its monetary take. It can sometimes be the case that the regular full-service airlines can be as cheap or cheaper than Chavair, if you take into consideration all of the extras the supposed low-fare airlines can snag you for. As far as the UK government is concerned, they don’t have any interest in stopping people flying due to concerns about global warning – their interest is much more directed towards gaining another taxation stream that can be used to swell the treasury coffers. As to whether this will stop people flying – I doubt it, and I think its more likely that Chavair (O’Leary Air) will score an own goal by imposing too many add-on charges that discourage travel than will government imposed taxes.

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I couldn’t have put that better myself Mr Skymonster…;)

Over the past year the cost of flying has gone up because of the government finding more ways to charge airlines for different things meaning they have to put the charge to us so they make us pay by paying for things like bags and seat allocation and extra leg room etc etc but at the end of the day its to put us off from flying in a way to tackle climate change, but I really dont the point in this because airlines have to keep their prices because there is so much competition between them.

So can anyone think of a reason these taxes are nessasary and any ways that could actually put people off flying?

You’re very mixed up with all of this. As has already been said, government imposed taxes are the same, regardless of airline. The bag charges, seat allocation charges, extra legroom charges, are merely an instrument used by the cheap end of the market (ChavAir aka Ryanair et al) to recover additional revenue that they don’t gather as a result of finding the need to advertise and particuarly low “head line” (i.e. £0.01) fares in the first place. Basically, the ignorant punter sees the headline £0.01 fare and thinks “great, really cheap” and fails to consider all the extras Con-Air (sorry, Ryanair) will try to impose to bump up its monetary take. It can sometimes be the case that the regular full-service airlines can be as cheap or cheaper than Chavair, if you take into consideration all of the extras the supposed low-fare airlines can snag you for. As far as the UK government is concerned, they don’t have any interest in stopping people flying due to concerns about global warning – their interest is much more directed towards gaining another taxation stream that can be used to swell the treasury coffers. As to whether this will stop people flying – I doubt it, and I think its more likely that Chavair (O’Leary Air) will score an own goal by imposing too many add-on charges that discourage travel than will government imposed taxes.

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ps….. What’s a “Consertive”? :confused:

That’s a product to preserve aeroplanes in adverse conditions, say desert or snow!:D

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Jet22,

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ps….. What’s a “Consertive”? :confused:

Taxes are risen beacuse of “Global Warming” and fat boy slim down at 10. The fat idiot needs more money even though they take tax on our Shopping Fuel,Needed Items,Cars,Mobile’s,Wages and then when you do put your money in the bank they take even more off. It is a way to sting you again when you book a holiday.

Edited by GA. (See below)

Over the past year the cost of flying has gone up because of the government finding more ways to charge airlines for different things meaning they have to put the charge to us so they make us pay by paying for things like bags and seat allocation and extra leg room etc etc but at the end of the day its to put us off from flying in a way to tackle climate change, but I really dont the point in this because airlines have to keep their prices because there is so much competition between them.

So can anyone think of a reason these taxes are nessasary and any ways that could actually put people off flying?

Wrong argument. ALL airlines have the same charges so the disadvantage is the same for all airlines involved.

You can argue that the additional taxes do not prevent people from flying, or at least not as much as the government wants. You can argue that the proceeds from the additional taxes are not used to improve the environment or the traveller. But you can not argue that this puts more inconvenience on airlne A then on airline B.