Originally Posted by
Chidken Sangwich
There is NO such thing as a £1.00 fare from the UK as UK APD is £11.00 per departing pax and this tax is NOT 'optional'. ALL marketing of any seat for sale should therefore be at least £11.00.
Add this to the Airport taxes which again are NOT optional, and I would imagine that your average seat price would never be under £20.00.
Anyone that thinks that a seat for a one-way sector under £50.00 (excluding rip-off credit card charges) makes any airline any money is living in a dream world.
How do you explain the Bristol to Dusseldorf fare of £16 that I grabbed from the FR website then?
As long as the government gets their £11 do you think they care if Cryanair pays all or a portion of this? No different than shops saying "We'll pay the VAT"
I imagine that many (most) passengers that are tempted to one of these loss leaders will pay for a bag or a sarni or a beer. Cryanair never loses.