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Apart from fuel prices, is there any economic impact? Do air carriers pay anything to the countries they fly over? (dunno, covering ATC costs?)
by majke 5y ago
Apart from fuel prices, is there any economic impact? Do air carriers pay anything to the countries they fly over? (dunno, covering ATC costs?)
- ljf 5y agohttps://www.businessinsider.com/countries-charge-foreign-airlines-to-fly-through-airspace-travel-planes-international-flight-2017-9?op=1&r=US&IR=T https://www.businessinsider.com/countries-charge-foreign-air... Yes it costs to fly through a country's airspace.
- toyg 5y agoA good policy, were the European Council agree on a half-decent response, would be to directly reimburse any airline for the extra costs of flying around Belarusian airspace. At that point even the Ryanair scum would probably agree to the detour.
- usr1106 5y agoPassengers can pay their tickets. If the flight path is a bit longer because of regulations they pay a bit more. No tax money needed for this.
- szatkus 5y agoHuh? Why US airspace is so extended? I found a map for that https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/aba/overflight_fees/media/US_Airspace_Guam_Hawaii.png https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ab...
- unanswered 5y agoThat is not a map of US airspace, and I wonder very severely at your motivation for claiming that it is. That is a map of responsibility for air traffic control/flight information services. The US has a responsibility to provide those services across a huge region of the Pacific; probably because they're the only large country with presence in that region. They charge for these services for aircraft which are not otherwise subject to US taxes. The Atlantic is a little more interesting as it appears to cover the Bahamas; but one surmises that the majority of traffic in the region is nevertheless bound for the US East coast (note how it avoids Canada-Europe route sharply, and only protrudes into the Caribbean around PR).