Could someone knowledgable in these matters please confirm the tax situation:
BFS-EWR - taxed like anywhere in Europe
BHD-LHR-IAD - £60APD, taxed like anywhere else from UK to longhaul.
What about BFS-EWR-DCA?
As far as I understand, that would be taxed as a long haul flights.
Didn't see any reference to flight connections when the announcement was made, surprised it didn't come up.
Afaik, most UA UK-EWR routes are around 70% transfer, so if that's the case, how could the tax change have 'saved' the route?
Also, I would have expected BA, VS to have complained that they are at a competitive disadvantage when it comes to feeding their services from BHD or BFS.
Any one care to comment?
Thanks