jp1 Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 Says LaoHuLi: Vancouver (and I beleive some others) collect an Airport Improvement Fee. Supposed to be used to pay for the new facility. I expect to see more of this in the future. Does anyone know if the departure tax is just a general revenue for the gov't or is it a designated charge? IMO Airport tax is a subsidy payable by passengers for construction/improvements of airport facilities. The airport improvement fee (payable by passengers upon departure) I know only from Vancouver and Montreal airports. I don't know whether other Canadian airports charge this fee as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 Just curious about the situation in LOS. General rev or? If there is a new airport built in BKK, i expect a significant increase in dep tax. or an extra AIP. Same as tollway fees are supposed to do for expressway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingaporeSteve Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 I'd be happy to pay 700 baht for a decent airport - 500Baht is still low compared with other airports such as London, HKG, US etc. One question baffling me is where exactly is the new airport being built. I know its between the Bang Na expressway and the Motorway but how far down towards Chonburi. I drive this way at least twice a week on both roads and I have never seen any signs or evidence of construction. Anyone know of any markers or landmarks nearby the site. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 [color:"green"] One question baffling me is where exactly is the new airport being built. [/color] It is being built in a swamp. :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 where exactly is the new airport being built It is about equal distance from both highways and just beyond the Outer Ring Road (Highway 9). The Wat Kingkaeo Road (3256) runs close to the West side of the airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo_bill Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 jp1, your avatar is outright pornographic and inconsistent. " IMO airport tax is a subsidy payable..for construction/improvements of airport facilities". The invention of the airport taxes dates back to the very early days of Palestinian aircraft hijacking ( the good old days) when they established it as a fee for extra safety measures at the airport. They could as well have established it as a fee for supply of fresh air. Nothing but a ripoff, public safety is being paid for by various taxes already. At the high-tec airport of Rangoon, Union of Myanmar, 10 USD are to be paid by the traveller. I would estimate the total value of this property is about 200 USD. Bbill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp1 Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 your avatar is outright pornographic and inconsistent BBill, if my avatar is pornographic, then 50% of all magazines in Germany are pornographic. Inconsistent, well - some people like changes from time to time. Btw, I'm not going to change it again, like I did the last time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 This is not so much a reply to JP1 as a general observation on the specious reasoning behind airport departure tax collection schemes. I fail to see how adding employees to the process at any pay rate can produce greater efficiency. To me the simplest assessment would be for each airline's data system to calculate how many tickets for international departures were sold in the past 24 hours, multiply that number by 500 baht and transfer the funds or send a voucher to the Airport Authority. It should be a condition of licensure that the airline absorbs all costs related to collections and forwarding. The benefits are many: customer convenience for one; the tax department gets their money more quickly; revenues increase as tax is assessed per ticket rather than per departure. I can only think that the current system endures because the concession holder has a workable plan to skim some of the money and the proper connections to avoid prosecution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp1 Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 It should be a condition of licensure that the airline absorbs all costs related to collections and forwarding. The benefits are many: customer convenience for one; the tax department gets their money more quickly; revenues increase as tax is assessed per ticket rather than per departure. I can only think that the current system endures because the concession holder has a workable plan to skim some of the money and the proper connections to avoid prosecution. your point about collecting a/p fee sounds good but, please keep in mind that a sold ticket is not yet a flown out ticket, in other words only the cash flow of an airline has temporarily been increased. Only after a ticket has been used (flown out), revenue has been generated. Tickets can also be refunded which means that the formerly collected airport tax will be refunded as well. In countries where a/p tax is collected by the airline (ticket agency) the number of boarded passengers will be reported by the airline to the respective airport authority on a daily or weekly basis. The airport authority sends out invoices (at the end of the month or bi-monthly) and they debit the airline with the number of passengers x fee per passenger. This is a watertight system and generally accepted by airlines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 JP1-- I recall hearing from a good friend who works ramp for JL at NRT that NAA collects the fee in this manner... Correct? --UPSer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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