Re:France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall
by Sharlin on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @02:59PM
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That’s silly, bordering on ridiculous. The goal is to reduce emissions. That will obviously have economical consequences. Hell, that’s the whole reason we are in this mess, because doing the right thing costs more than the alternative!
Re:France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall
by sokoloff on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @04:55PM
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Look at your last ticket. The fees being assessed are already being passed through to the end consumer. (Since they’re the one who is bringing the money into the system, they’re obviously the one who is paying it, but in this case it’s pretty transparent already.)
Re:France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall
by cheerlessbog on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @01:07AM
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They could turn around and spend the revenue to make CDG not suck.
Because Airlines seem to be the intended target and not the tourist. I would imagine they would have instituted an airport fee if the tourist was the target.
>The price increase thus decreasing the demand of flights, achieving the goal.
This could cause a drop in tourist dollars but maybe that's the goal. It seems Europe in general is wary of tourists. Spain has gone so far as to discourage tourism to Barcelona by restricting any new hotels or tourist accommodations. France may be following their lead and taxing Airlines instead, creating less across the whole country instead of a particular city.