Iberia will launch 10 tickets to compete with LCC's

[airbuske]

Iberia will launch 10 € tickets to compete with LCC's

The cheap tickets will be available for European routes like Paris, Rome, Amsterdam, Brussels, Milan and Lisbon, and the rest of their European destinations.
The tickets will cost 10 euros, taxes and surcharges not included.

The airline anticipates to obtain an additional income of more than 100 million euros in next the three years thanks to this new model of price management.
They will take advantage of the image that they have like company of quality with nice fares, reserved until now to the low cost carriers.

[speedbird1]

Just a shame about the 60 odd euro in taxes that certain airports charge for using their facilities.

Emirates

[n5528p]

Just a shame about the 60 odd euro in taxes that certain airports charge for using their facilities.

Why?

First of all most airports have to forward a substantial part of this amount to their respective government - so even if they collect it, they do not charge it for their services.

Second - a flight of €10 will never even cover the costs, no question of earning money from this pax. Would you be happy if an airport decides to charge only 5€ per pax for the first 100.000 pax each year? I bet not...

Regards, Bernhard

[airazurxtror]

Iberia will launch 10 € tickets to compete with LCC's

The cheap tickets will be available for European routes like Paris, Rome, Amsterdam, Brussels, Milan and Lisbon, and the rest of their European destinations.
The tickets will cost 10 euros, taxes and surcharges not included.

The price of 10 euros means exactly nothing, if taxes and surcharges are not included.
For instance, on BRU-MAD, Virgin Express prices do not include :
- departure tax of 21,36 euros
- extended security tax of 4 euros
- a fuel surcharge of 10 euros
- an administrative charge of 2,75 euros
total : 38,11 more than the ticket "price"
(Strangely enough, the departure tax at MAD is only 5,61 euros, the other surcharges remaining the same);

It is high time the airlines were forced to advertize only the full, total and precise price of the tickets - not a partial price which they mention just to abuse the unknowing traveller. The consumer associations are demanding it, and they are right !

[iechist]

Try this one from Ryanair.

These are the taxes, fees and charges for day return flights from Cork to Dublin.

March 24th => €32.70
May 18th => €19.96
June 6th => €43.36

Understand it?

I certainly don't.

[FlightSimCrew]

(Strangely enough, the departure tax at MAD is only 5,61 euros, the other surcharges remaining the same);

Actually this is not strange as departure taxes always vary from airport to airport. Spain is indeed one of the cheapest countries with regards to passenger taxes but rather expensive in aircraft and pax handling!

[speedbird1]

Just a shame about the 60 odd euro in taxes that certain airports charge for using their facilities.

Why?

First of all most airports have to forward a substantial part of this amount to their respective government - so even if they collect it, they do not charge it for their services.

Second - a flight of €10 will never even cover the costs, no question of earning money from this pax. Would you be happy if an airport decides to charge only 5€ per pax for the first 100.000 pax each year? I bet not...

Regards, Bernhard

I'd love to pay 5 euro instead of 60 in airport tax!

Emirates

[airbuske]

I'm an Iberia Plus member and if I book a flight to Madrid with my miles I have to pay 28,05 taxes + 6 € Cargos de utilización.
If I book as a non Iberia Plus member I have to pay 56,05 € taxes + 20 € Cargos Emisión

Why is there a difference in taxes between a member an non-member ?