RE: TAX

Oh and with smaller airports its the reverse, they charge more because they are small and don’t have many flights, seems daft I know, you think they would lower the costs to increase revenue and get more people to travel.

RE: Civilian Airband scanners

I know you can not listen to a airband radio inflight, it apparently affects the electronics, untill recently they would not let you use a laptop (I think). I was in the flightdeck on a flight and the captain told me that if someone puts on a radio/laptop/mobile phone they know and will alert a cabin crew member. He would not tell me though how they would know? Probably to do with affecting there radar/radio waves, but again a scanner is on the same frequency so it should not affect this. Ask Softlad he is cabin crew I think and he might know the answer or at least find out, and I will try and find out myself.

RE: TAX

£10 tax on domestic return or single, does not matter. It is also £10 for EU countries and £20 for non EU single or return. If you travel business class non EU it is £40.00 single or return. The only place in the UK that is tax exempt is if you travel from the channel islands to the UK on a single there would be no tax. But if you purchassed a rtn (i.e JER-LGW-JER) you whould then be subject to tax. There is then in the UK a Passenger Service Charge (PSC) which was introduced in 1999 (Which also coincide’s with the abolished Duty Free) this is levied by the airports. You usally find this charge goes up with the further north or further west you travel as the airports are smaller or don’t have many services as LHR/LGW. But remember as MAN/LPL/BHX get busier this charge will only go up not down as to the level of London airports with the exception of London City which always been expensive. Then after Sep 11 they then introduced security charges as the price of Insurance premiums went up for the airlines, now this is where some tour operators/travel agents/ airlines are a law unto themselves as there is no maximum they can charge, so you could be ripped off as diffrent people charge diffrent prices. Then you have the euopean taxes which are levied, diffrent price with different cities & Counties. Any more info on this and I am happy to help.

RE: Europe’s Worst Airport?

This conversation is getting interesting, but is it not meant to be aviation related, not military.

RE: TAX

Does not surprise me, you should see the tax and charges you have to pay if you want to travel to Scandinavia, makes you wonder if it is worth the trip. and if you go to the USA (For example a family of 4) you would end up paying around £50-£60 per person depending on what city you are travelling to, (This is on scheduled flight not charter)