hi

i had to pay an extra £5 pp to turkey, i would check this with them again

Hi!

This is the new tax brought in by our esteemed Chancellor, Gordon Brown. It effectively doubles the " Air passenger duty from £20 to £ 40 per-person, not sure if it is more expensive still for longer haul flights, One of the main problems with this tax is that it was implemented retrospectively, so although not coming into force until 1 Feb Airlines and tour operators were expected to pay the tax on flights and holidays already booked. This tax should not be mistaken for the £10 visa for entry into Turkey as clearly this is still in place. If I've gotten any of this wrong sure someone will let me know!LOL!

Alistair

im afraid i dont totally agree with you nyle, as far as i was aware the tax had doubled from £5 to £10 for short haul inc turkey and £20 to £40 long haul, i know i definately only had to pay £5 extra each person for this new tax on my july flights , my package company to turkey for oct havent asked me yet. so please check with them about this. someone else might answer and confirm what ive said

I only had to pay an extra £5 for my flights too, this was on top of the published fares and booked last week.

I booked early March going June, clearly states that we paid 5quid each of tax, the holiday company have not yet contacted me regarding any additional tax.

another 5£ each with XL going in may

ELLE meg..and others thanx...i sent an e mail to XL and they confirmed it's £5 per passenger...i got a little confused 'cos in the letter they mentioned Tunisia & Egypt costing an extra £20 but no mention of TURKEY, but they class TURKEY as EUROPE which only attracts another £5... one less drink i suppose thanx again everyone....

Hi ellie-Meg and all!

Sorry!!!!! it has doubled but from £5 to £10 as stated above, I knew it had doubled but where I got £20 from heaven only knows, think also it is different for long haul? Apologies for duff info!

Alistair

I've booked flight only with First Choice Airways to Dalaman in May and they wanted £5 per person extra (they are really against it too).

I'm off again in August for a fortnight, flying with Onur Air, but I haven't been asked to cough up any more for that flight..... yet.....

I'm off on 4th May, got tickets a couple of days ago

Thomson/Portland haven't asked me for any extra money

Kim

hi i am going to tunisia in august and i have just received aletter from my travel agent that we have to pay 20 each for air duty tax i thought it was 5 pound im a little confused the tour operator has paid 50 pounds of it and we now have to pay 30 pound plus 4 pound admin cost is this correct as i habvent got a clue christine

We paid the balance three weeks ago. Travelling in June with Thomas Cook, We was not charged any extra, did ask and the girl went and checked. Told us as far as they knew early bookings would not be charged,

BarbH