In Reply to: Questioning taxes !!?? posted by Tuberose on Monday, 2. January 2006 at 09:09 Bali Time:
I booked FF in November, unfortunately before the direct Melbourne flights re-appeared. So I am flying Mel-Syd-Dps-Syd-Mel. The approx breakdown of my taxes were:
$6.80 Noise Tax (Sydney)
$38.00 Passenger Tax - think that is the old departure Tax
$210.10 fuel - which is surcharged per leg ie 4 legs.
$6.72 Safety Tax
$39.60 Service Fee International
$15.58 Service Fee Domestic
Total Paid $ 316.80
If I had have got the flights direct from Melbourne it would have been about $226 in taxes. (no noise tax, domestic tax and 2 less fuel taxes)
Seems the major increase has been in fuel surcharges. The fuel fees have gone up about $100 compared to the same trip done in 2005.
Hope this helps.