Ryanair leaves Charleroi with flight tax!

[kojadi]

Sorry only dutch...

Ryanair mogelijk weg uit Charleroi bij vliegtaks

Als de vliegtaks er echt komt, dan vertrekt Ryanair mogelijk uit Charleroi, waar het nu goed is voor ongeveer 3.350 directe en indirecte jobs. Dat schrijft La Nouvelle Gazette vandaag.
Volgens de gedelegeerd bestuurder van de luchthaven van Charleroi, Marcel Buelens, zou Ryanair mogelijk vertrekken naar Rijsel. Beulens herinnert eraan dat de Ierse lagekostenmaatschappij bij de invoering van een gelijkaardige taks in Nederland geen seconde twijfelde om daar weg te trekken.

Intussen houden de premier, de minister van Financiën en de staatssecretaris voor Begroting het been stijf in de zaak, zo weet La Libre Belgique. Minister van Werk Joëlle Milquet vindt dan weer dat het argument van de gewesten, over mogelijk banenverlies, gehoord moet worden.
Vrijdag staat er overleg op het programma. "We proberen dan alternatieven te vinden met dezelfde budgettaire impact", aldus Milquet vandaag op de radiozender Bel-RTL. (belga/ka)

Question... what about Germany is there the government also talking about flight tax ???
I hope not because Ryanair is leave WEEZE to...

Nice weekend...Kojadi

[tosch19]

think ahed
in some years they cant avoid. Where do they want to fly from if they leav every country with flight tax.
Uk and Netherlands have already
Ireland and Belgium are Planing.
Tow or three years ago Sweden was also planing to introduce.

[White Cap]

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07.11.08

Ryanair Calls for Ireland to Follow Belgiums Lead on Travel Tax

RYANAIR CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO ABANDON TRAVEL TAX

Ryanair, Ireland’s largest low fares airline, today (7th Nov) called on the Irish Government to abandon its plans to introduce a €10 travel tax, which will severely impact Irish tourism, after the Belgian government today abandoned plans for a similar tax amid fears of its impact in Belgium.

Ryanair said the very least the Irish government should do is review its proposed travel tax and alter the basis of the tax so that it is a percentage of the fare rather than a flat rate of tax. Ryanair once again underlined the importance that any proposed tax burden falls on those who can afford to pay it most.

Ryanair’s, Stephen McNamara, said

“It is obvious that the Belgian government listened to the concerns of the tourism and aviation industries on the impact this tax would have on tourism. Since the Irish government announced its €10 travel tax we have expressed our concerns on the impact it would have on Irish tourism especially on the tourism industries in the West. We are not asking the Irish government to follow the lead of their Belgian colleagues and abandoning this unfair travel tax. At a very minimum the government must consider how this tax can be more equitable and minimise the impact it will have on tourism in Ireland.

Today, we once again ask that any passenger tax should be on a percentage basis so that those who can afford to pay higher fares, pay a slightly higher rate of tax, but those paying the lowest fares, pay a more equitable rate of tax and not a €10 tax which in place like Shannon will equate to over a 100% rate of tax for large parts of the year”.

[Triple Nickel]

there will be no flighttax in Belgium.

this was decided by the belgiams last week.