Avgas in France has reached $7.50/gal !

"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
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Does the tax on Jet-A and other fees support the airlines usages?


The passenger and fuel taxes are all mixed together. I used avgas tax
and
FSS because almost all the FSS users are flying piston engine
airplanes.
There really aren't any other fees that don't go to the airport owner.

Has anyone ever done a complete breakout of costs vs. revenue of the
air
transport system at all levels?

If you consider that most of the system exists for the airlines, with
GA
as
an incremental user then the airlines are getting a pretty good deal.

Considering the spartan facilities GA uses, compared to the regal
infrastructure the airlines require, GA is dirt cheap.


Not really if you consider that most airports exist soley for GA.

I'd bet that Denver Intl (Frederico Pena's monument to himself) cost as much
as the rest of GA airports combined

The
taxes on GA don't cover the services and facilities that GA uses
exclusively

I don't think that any of them were during the enroute phase of flight.

It doesn't say.

On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 07:55:04 -0700, "Matt Barrow"
wrote:

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I'd bet that Denver Intl (Frederico Pena's monument to himself) cost as much
as the rest of GA airports combined


Man, what a place! I arrived via road well before sunup to catch the
early flight home. It seemed like the drive went on for hours when I
saw a line of lights, a very long line, extending from right to left.
They were the toll gates into the parking lot. I don't know how many
gates, but I'd never seen that many. That parking lot probably has
square miles of concrete, or it sure seemed like it.

They have their own subway system and believe the signs when they tell
you to hang on. Those are to keep you from ending up in a pile at the
end of the car when it acellerates.

I've been into ORD many times but it doesn't seem near as big as DIA.

I wonder if they ever did get their multi-million dollar automated
baggage facility fully functional?

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

The
taxes on GA don't cover the services and facilities that GA uses
exclusively

I don't think that any of them were during the enroute phase of flight.

It doesn't say.