Kaksinkertainen vero?????

Tämä ei ole Ryanairin keksintö, vaan ministeri Gordon Brownin keksimä "ympäristösuojeluvero". Moni lentoyhtiö protestoi, myös Ryanair:

In his budget speech on 6th December 2006, the UK Chancellor, Mr Gordon Brown MP, announced his decision to DOUBLE his ridiculous and anti-consumer "Air Passenger Duty". This tax grab which will generate £1bn. in tax revenues for the UK Government, but will do nothing for the environment.

UK Air Passenger Duty Rates - applicable per person for each departing flight from a UK airport which was booked before the 7th December 2006 for travel from the 1st February 2007 onwards.

£10 (GBP) per person for each UK domestic flight (£20 on a return UK domestic flight)
£10 (GBP) per person for flights from the UK to an EU/EEA airport
£40 (GBP) per person for flights from the UK to an airport outside the EU/EEA - e.g. Morocco

We greatly regret that Ryanair has no alternative, but to act as the UK Chancellor's tax collector and in accordance with Article 4.2.2 of Ryanair's General Conditions of Carriage, all affected passengers will be advised via email of the additional tax amount that will be automatically charged to the credit card or debit card used to pay for their original booking. These credit/debit card transactions will take place over the next 2 weeks .

Please Note - If your flight booking was made on or after the 7th December 2006 then the increased Air Passenger Duty tax has already been collected by Ryanair and you have nothing further to pay.

Ryanair condemns the UK Chancellor's unfair and regressive tax on ordinary passengers. Because of the flat nature of this tax, Ryanair's passengers - who enjoy the lowest average air fares in the UK - are paying the highest rate of tax (35%) while many of "Greedy Gordon's" friends and fellow politicians are still flying business class where this tax represents less than 5% of their air fare. This is just another example of politicians using the environment to grab further taxes from the travelling public.

We urge you to:

Please write to Chancellor Gordon Brown at [email protected] indicating your opposition to this tax grab which will generate £1bn. in tax revenues for the UK Government, but will not do nothing for the environment. Tell "Greedy Gordon" to keep his hands off your low fares, and stop stealing from ordinary passengers.

Ryanair ja muut lentoyhtiöt ovat raivoissaan Britanian hallitukselle, joka kaksinkertaisti verot Iso-Britanniasta lähteville lennoille.

Verojen korotus koskee kaikkia lentoyhtiöitä.
Tarkistin, että Ryanairin ja Blue1:n vero Lontoo-Suomi välillä oli kummallakin noin 35 euroa. Finnair näyttää perivän yhdensuuntaisesta matkasta veroa 40 puntaa eli noin 60 euroa.

Verojen korotuksesta jophtuu ilmeisesti sekin, että Ryanair vähentää maaliskuun lopusta liikennettään Tampereen ja Lontoon välillä. Lippujen nousevat hinnat vähentävät aivan varmasti Lontooseen suuntautuvaa matkailua. Aamulento jää pois.