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06-28-2008, 23:04
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| NCO   |  Tax means fewer travellers at main Dutch airport: report Tax means fewer travellers at main Dutch airport: report Jun 28 02:46 PM US/Eastern Some 50,000 fewer passengers are expected to use Amsterdam Schiphol airport, one of Europe's busiest, this summer on account of a Dutch environmental tax on flights, it was reported Saturday. "We're expected zero growth in 2008, and in fact a decrease (in passenger numbers) in July and August," an airport spokesman was quoted as saying by the domestic ANP news agency. The Netherlands is the only country that levies an environmental tax on flights departing the country -- 11.25 euros per passenger (17.75 dollars) for European destinations and 45 euros for intercontential points. With higher fuel prices pushing up air fares worldwide, travel industry experts say the tax will hurt business at Schiphol and see many Dutch travellers go to nearby German airports instead.
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06-28-2008, 23:09
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| Monkey Mouse   | Re: Tax means fewer travellers at main Dutch airport: report Holland is a small country and landing in, or taking off from, German airports is not hard to do.
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