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Old 07-20-2016 | 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by tomgoodman
Yes, foreign airports like Heathrow impose a big departure tax. I don't know why U.S. officials haven't choked that golden goose too.
Because those airports are private corporations and charge what the market will bear......

Incredibly the US is more of a regulated aviation system than most of the world.
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Old 07-20-2016 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by tomgoodman
Yes, foreign airports like Heathrow impose a big departure tax. I don't know why U.S. officials haven't choked that golden goose too.
This explains it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Oe8T3AvydU
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Old 07-21-2016 | 07:38 AM
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FRA & LHR have high departure taxes, CDG & AMS are much lower. We try to come home through the latter two if possible depending on where we've been and loads.
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