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hottie77
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 Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:05 pm Post subject: Germanwings and Maastricht |
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This weekend I flew with Germanwings to Berlin-Schönefeld and back and I spoke with some other passengers and everyone I mentioned Germanwings' plans to move to Maastricht because of the planned passenger tax had already heard about these plans. Even in Berlin some ILA visitors thought it would be the best option to show the government how stupid such a tax would be.
It was a very interesting experience and even now I think it might have been a kind of very nice advertisement for Maastricht Aachen Airport by Germanwings, even if these plans would never become reality. |
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Acid-drop
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| Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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| why not LGG or LUX then ;) |
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lowcostflyer
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| Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:21 am Post subject: |
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| Acid-drop wrote: | | why not LGG or LUX then ;) |
Not LUX cause within 125 km from Maastricht live far more Germans. And not LGG as the "Wallon" won't adept as quickly to the German language as the Dutch...
And finally Maastricht Aachen sounds already a half German Airport....but maybe we should call it Andre Rieu airport. The Germans love him even more then the Dutch do :-)
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hottie77
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The chances are becoming higher that the German "Luftverkehrsabgabe" (air travel fee) will be introduced. On short-haul flights (European flights and flights to countries around the Mediterranean) 13€ per leg and other destinations 26€
It sounds very similar to the former Dutch air tax as transfer passengers won't have to pay. Also the threat of Germanwings to deflect their base to the Netherlands again has been confirmed.
Sources: (German)
[url]http://www.n-tv.de/politik/Fluege-bis-zu-26-Euro-teurer-article1062506.html[/url]
[url]http://www.ftd.de/politik/deutschland/:luftverkehrsabgabe-regierung-verteuert-flugtickets-pauschal/50144599.html
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liege-bierset
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| Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 1:23 am Post subject: |
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It also sounds like usual "black mail"...
Would you drive to Cologne just in order to save 13 EUR ?
At the end, be sure that if one country goes ahead with this sort of travel fee, all the others will follow. (NL and B included).
Wish to be wrong. |
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lowcostflyer
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| Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 10:32 am Post subject: |
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Indeed. Ryanair is increasing it's price for carrying luggage in July/August by € 20 and then complaining about an extra tax of € 13.
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hottie77
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| lowcostflyer wrote: | | Indeed. Ryanair is increasing it's price for carrying luggage in July/August by € 20 and then complaining about an extra tax of € 13. |
Yes, because they can keep the €20, but have to pay the 13€ to the government... that's the big difference.
But my hopes are high, that in some way Maastricht Aachen Airport will benefit of the German tax... (More Ryanair-operations or maybe even some Germanwings-operations, even some more summer charters might be possible I think) |
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Neplev
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Van luchtvaartnieuws.nl:"
| Quote: | Duitse vliegtax van toepassing op vluchten per 1 januari
02-09-2010
BERLIJN - De invoering van de Duitse vliegbelasting is een feit. Met onmiddellijke ingang is de tax van toepassing op boekingen voor vluchten met vertrek vanaf 1 januari 2011, zo heeft de Duitse regering woensdag (1 september) besloten. De door de luchtvaartsector fel bekritiseerde vliegtax moet de Duitse schatkist jaarlijks één miljard euro opleveren.
De hoogte van de belasting is afhankelijk van de lengte van de vlucht. Op binnenlandse vluchten en intra-Europese vluchten bedraagt de tax 8 euro per passagier. Op de middellange afstand moet 25 euro worden betaald, terwijl de hoogte van de belasting op langeafstandsvluchten oploopt tot 45 euro.
Kinderen jonger dan twee jaar zonder een eigen zitplaats betalen de belasting niet. Evenmin is de tax van toepassing voor transferpassagiers en hoeft ook op binnenlandse ‘feedervluchten’ geen belasting te worden betaald. Ook vrachtvluchten worden ontzien.
In Nederland zorgde de invoering van een vliegbelasting twee jaar geleden ervoor dat een toenemend aantal reizigers vertrok vanaf luchthavens in omringende de landen. Mede daarom werd al na een jaar de tax opgeheven. De economische schade als gevolg van de belasting werd geschat op ruim een miljard euro.
Waarschijnlijk zullen luchthavens in onder meer Nederland en België profiteren van de invoering van de Duitse vliegbelasting.
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