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Old 11th Jul 2011, 01:40
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Carbon Tax and The Airlines

Just listening to the radio here,

Whilst I myself havent yet delved into the specifics yet, Newsradio was just reporting that there is going to be NO assistance for the Aviation industry when the tax is introduced.

QF saying that they will pass any incurred costs onto pax. Does anyone know roughly wha the impact is likely to be? How will we be able to compete with other countries that dont have a carbon tax and therefore have cheaper fares etc?

Am I the only one thinking that we are headed for a pretty uncertain time here? Im not just talking about the Big guys here either, what about al the little freight runners, mail runners, charter co's etc that will now have massive cost increases to pass on? This is going to hurt some sectors very badly i would have thought??
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