ThaiHome Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 You have to pay cash (RMB) to fly out of Beijing airport as well, including domestic flights. Don?t recall how much as it has been a couple of years since I have flown out from there. If you compare the tax at Bangkok to other places, such as Singapore, it is a deal. TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 More than you ever wanted to know about airport taxes: IATA document (PDF format). Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thalenoi Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 landing fees, parking fees, lightning fees, cleaning fees, push-back fees etc etc. We tried to make a database of all possible fees at airports worldwide, but gave up: landing fees by type of plane, by weight of plane, by time of landing, by day of the week, by number of passengers etc etc. Airport taxes are supposed to cover operation expense of the airport, and make a profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 Dali said:It would be a lot more convenient for everyone if they just included it in the ticket price like many other places. true, but look at all the ppl ( thai) that would not have a job collecting it. ( and no doubt paying for the privlage) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALHOLK Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 Hi! Airport taxes are supposed to cover operation expense of the airport, and make a profit. However this is true you must also remember that the carriers pay big money just to land at an airport. regards ALHOLK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asiafun Posted December 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 So on average 500 Baht X 200-250 folks a plane X How many planes a day...Could be some very serious revenues going on. I wonder how much actually goes back into O and M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thalenoi Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 ALHOLK said:Hi! Airport taxes are supposed to cover operation expense of the airport, and make a profit. However this is true you must also remember that the carriers pay big money just to land at an airport. regards ALHOLK yes, but those fees (landing, handling, overflying) are included in the ticket you pay to the airline and part of their operation expenses; airport taxes, fuel supplements and state taxes are added and mentioned on your ticket, except Thai airport taxes. They (thai airport authorities) want to collect these fees themselves, as such there is little control of how much is collected, unlike IATA payments coming from ticketing. Smells like an open door to corruption to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickfarang Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 If Suvarnabhumi airport is making noises about increasing landing fees over Don Muang, then its natural to think that these fees will be passed along to the travelers in terms of higher ticket prices. That wuold be a "hidden" tax, but it would not be surprising to see the fees both increased, and if they master the trick, integrated into the ticket price as it is now done in U.S. airports, Japan, and Singapore, among very many. Then, similar to the foreigner surcharge at some national parks that are figured into tour prices, visitors will be hardly aware that they are being singled out to finance the buld of the government's enterprise. That would be nothing new to British and American citiznes who are already pouring unlimited millions of Euros into wars without basis. The main difference here is that its not exactly war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 I remember that at Osaka I had to pay a departure tax in yen. The tax was not included in the ticket price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asiafun Posted December 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 I have departed there on a few occasions and never paid a tax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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