Originally Posted by
j636
APD is a red herring when most other T/A carriers have been growing ex UK. Low cost T/A only appears to only be working from Capital Cities in Europe to main (ish) airports in the US where there is established operation. Premiair Air, Level and Norwegian appear to be all focusing on these places.
Saying that EDI should have delivered better results with or without APD.
APD alone accounts for £78.00 per economy passenger and remember that’s only applied on the outbound add other airport charges and its easy to see that numbers don’t add up compared with ex Ireland at €3 a flight.
So for a family of 4 (kids above 16) that’s £312 in APD alone.
6 x 150 average load = 900 x 52 weeks a year 22,500 x £78 = £1,755,000 not so a red herring more a deal breaker and something the SNP promised to half then abolish, but they need the Greens to sustain their minority administration, goodbye jobs in Scotland, but no matter keep supporting PIK