Originally Posted by
full of luv
The big rub in the US is how much to tax jet fuel.
Some states tax it as the same of gasoline which can be argued isn't exactly fair as very little "road use" is associated with it.
In these states they sometimes adjust the tax load on jet fuel down.
Some states are so expensive on jet fuel taxes that airlines will actually tanker fuel to avoid that extra expense.
If your airline has a hub in one of these states, you use a preponderance of the jet fuel sold in the particular state.
So you say that Delta receives a "tax break" because the state set the jet fuel tax at a lower level at some point.
Probably the same in the other states with hubs, it's usually done because the states see the hub status as a large economic benefit and they want to maintain that status vice make it economical for the airlines to move hub operations to other locations.
So your argument is that the states should tax the heck out of aviation fuel/operations because unless the tax load is unbearable, it must be a subsidy?
The last 3 paragraphs in my post were a quote from an article, so it wasn't "me" saying any airline receives a tax break.
No, my argument is that some US airlines receive a state tax break that other U.S. & foreign airlines don't receive ... In other words, the same advantage the U.S. Big3 are saying that the ME3 are receiving.
And the amount does matter--I would think an honest person would agree that any subsidy is wrong, not just those that hurt MY / YOUR company.