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Old 24th Sep 2018, 07:20
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Originally Posted by EIFFS


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
All of which Norwegian knew and will (should) have taken into account when they launched the flights - as nothing has changed, using it as a reason to drop the flight is just an excuse.
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