Ryanair call on Govt to scrap 'stupid' travel tax

[KeyserSoze]

Ryanair should be banned and O'Leary gaoled.

Well your party are the government so why aren't you asking them to do it?

[marmurr1916]

Ryanair should be banned and O'Leary gaoled.

Under whose laws?

[myksav]

Ryanair should be banned and O'Leary gaoled.

I strongly disagree with you there. O'Leary is rich enough to pay for his own room and board, not cost the State money keeping him in jail.

[MsAnneThrope]

In relation to the €10 travel tax recently imposed...

Utter bollox. Air Travel is already too cheap.
Let O'Leary scrap the wheelchair levy instead.

Any (real) politician reading this - I hope you understand that this is all just a Ryanair smokescreen and an attempt at distraction from their own serious financial problems. They've already made a loss this year, and are currently being lumbered with excess aircraft they ordered in the good times. Don't be fooled, don't be distracted. Don't be manipulated. Stick to your guns.
In fact, I'd say raise the tax just to make your point.

Well I may have missed something, but I haven't heard a peep out of Aer Lingus on the subject. Go ahead and give us a link to an official Aer Lingus statement or media release calling for the abolition of the government tax.

I'm waiting with baited breath.

Happy to oblige: Aer Lingus wants tax scrapped

AER LINGUS has called on the Government to remove the air travel tax due to the “serious damage” it is causing to the airline and the wider tourism sector.

Mr Barrington said the tax “will have a significant bearing on our ability to operate a full schedule of flights"

This is the third letter from Aer Lingus to the Minister opposing this tax and it pointed to the declining prognosis for the industry since it had issued the first.

Maybe you weren't listening hard enough. I know you wear blinkers. I didn't realise you used ear plugs too.

[MsAnneThrope]

So it wasn't just Ryanair, hmmm....

[MsAnneThrope]

Are you not even going to say thank you Colada?

[Colada]

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[odie1kanobe]

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