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Bosnia and Herzegovina is poised to reintroduce the passenger departure tax at the country’s commercial airports from next year, which will increase costs for airlines. Imposed by the Bosnia and Herzegovina Directorate of Civil Aviation (BHDCA), the tax, which has only ever been fully enforced for carriers operating out of Sarajevo Airport but is supposed to be applied at all of the country’s commercial airports, has been seen as a deterrent for airlines, especially low cost carriers. The tax was suspended for a year in order to boost the country’s connectivity. However, the BHDCA has said the policy has resulted in a “dramatic drop in income” and poses a threat to the Directorate's operations. The departure tax amounts to 1.5 euros per passenger. Last year Ryanair discontinued operations out of Tuzla when the airport was pressured to start applying the tax. The Ministry for Communication and Traffic of Bosnia and Herzegovina will initiate procedures for the reintroduction of the passenger tax at the next Council of Ministers meeting.
What connectivity they boost ? They just get some more pax , and now with this they will lost everytning very soon :D
ReplyDeleteThey won't loose it because all new routes in Bosnia are now being subsidized.
DeleteExactly all of them are subsized ? Wow
DeleteIn Sarajevo and Mostar...no in Banja Luka and Tuzla
DeleteThey are colony but you can not talk to SDA last 35 years.
DeleteBye bye unsubsidised routes, I guess
ReplyDeleteI think the same , they dont any anu routr that is not supsized ....
DeleteWell, if an airline is going to drop a route because of 1.50 euros, than let it be. Farewell, and don't come back.
ReplyDeleteThats why Ryanair and W6 leave my friend ...
DeleteRIP TZL
ReplyDeleteSometimes government pay the carriers per pax, sometimes they charge them per pax...
ReplyDeleteThe second one the airlines dont like at all , and they decide to leave the airport :D
Delete1.5 euro isn't even the price of a pack of cigarettes
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