VAT is not charged on airfares.

The discrepancy is likely due to the airline's desire to set a certain headline (total) fare. There are loads of threads on Pprune debating the good and bad practices of airlines in setting their taxes and charges figure.

the UK OFT :}is looking at all airline taxes and charges in 2009 under pressure from Brussels and will be bringing in new rules. All part of getting back at FR & Mike the mouth really but schemes like BEs are likely to be stopped as its all Mickey Mouse so they can advertise - fly for free.
How can LPL taxes and charges be £42.:confused: Answer - theyre not - its all bull:mad: to fool the punters.

Dont know if the OFT on Fraggle is doing the same but BE will get stopped by UK changes anyway:) Even Sleazy Jet now show all fares incl tax and charges. BE get more like Fr every day but theyll both have to change next year:8

Fred

Go take a tablet!

The BE website shows the FULL cost of selection of a flight on the RHS as soon as you select what you want and complies with the law as required.

The old issue of third party taxes/charges means that it is unfair (unfare)for the airline to be targeted with the full cost of a ticket - these charges should be openly allocated to the recipient.

BA Connect stuck to the old system of just telling you what the total was - they wanted to be seen as completely honest and realised there was no need to separate the charges because the public didn't want to know/ wouldn't be fooled by these antics. They wouldn't book a flight because it was advertised as cheap - they wanted quality.

I have just looked for their website to see what they are doing now but.............. it appears they are not with us any more.

The bottom line is if you want to get on an aeroplane for a return journey to anywhere, you should expect to pay at least £100 return.

Flybe make a profit of about 5-6% of turnover which is not a lot considering their turnover. What it does say though is that what they are charging is about right.

Another point is BE don't advertise £0 fares. The lead fares e.g LPL £27.99 are only taxes and charges precious little if any of that fare goes to BE.

Yes SOU is returning from the end of March. Initially I believe MON/WED/FRI/SAT/SUN and possibly on an IOM based Q400.

flybe "taxes and charges" on GCI-LGW-GCI are £40.10 Vs Aurigny at £23.50. The difference is because flybe include fuel and insurance surcharges to the tune of £8.30 per sector, whilst Aurigny absorbed these into their fares some time ago.

THe only reason I can think why flybe continue with these as "taxes and charges" is to give a lower appearance to their fares when prospective customers search through availabilities.

That said they do show the inclusive prices on the right hand side of the screen.

third party fees and charges should only be separately accounted if the buyer has the option to separately source the service, choose a cheaper option like credit vs debit cards or decline it like checked baggage. Since Joe Punter can't negotiate his own ATC or terminal charge it should be one ticket price end of story.

Insurance can be removed through Flybe.com as an option

IOM- JER with FlyBe
 

I don't think this has been highlighted on here previously (apologies if it has), but I've noticed that for S09, BE are offering IOM-JER (via LTN) three or four days a week. No aircraft change, but obviously a short stay on the ground at LTN.

This seems to be possible because the new LTN-JER route is operated by an IOM aircraft and crew. Fares appear to start at £79 return, which undercuts Blue Islands and Manx2 significantly, but this doesn't seem to be something BE are actively advertising at present.

Was moaning about Aer Arran's miserly 15kg hold baggage allowance a while back (and caught some flack from one of you for saying it....).

Just started booking Jan/Feb travel and discovered FlyBe are not operating my usual 0955 IOM/LGW rotation on the days I wanted to travel.

Had a look at the RE offering, and there, in banner headlines on the booking screen, is the message that RE allow 20kgs of hold baggage in IOM/LCY flights.

Well done RE!

There is also a direct Flybe. Saturday flight between the IOM and Jersey from May until September. It has not been publicised, and may yet be subject to change, but it is avaliable on their website. The aircraft will fly to Luton in-between.

BE159 Depart IOM 08:30 - Arrive JER 10:00
BE166 Depart JER 13:45 - Arrive IOM 15:15

Ground operations sub thread moved to http://www.pprune.org/flight-ground-...-isle-man.html

Annual and December figures down......Airport Director "Delighted"............
 

:: Manx Radio :: Isle of Man News ::


2008 AIRPORT PASSENGERS MAINTAINED AT 2007 LEVEL - Isle of Man Airport Website

December down 6.9%, 2008 down 0.16%

Notwithstanding the global and industry wide trends which have influenced these numbers, and the 'we thought it would be much worse' ploy, I can't believe that the AD expresses herself to be 'delighted' by these numbers.:ugh:

The Minster is more restrained - he's only 'pleased' !!

Airport blocked this morning by VLM F27. Nosewheel stuck in the grass:{

Do you mean the F50 - Fokker 50?:ok:

He means a Fokker 27-050 - that's IIRC, the official designation of the aircraft marketed under the "Fokker 50" brand.

Sorry, just thought it was called the Fokker 50:O

http://www.manxforums.com/forums/upl...8982_thumb.jpg

http://www.manxforums.com/forums/upl...8923_thumb.jpg

They're nice photos, where did you get those from!? ;)

Ronaldsway, of course...:p

G-ERIN..
 

Dear god..shouldn't that be M-ERIN...the island has it's own reg!