Originally Posted by bernstein
I wouldn't expect the taxes to be much lower on Lufthansa. Taxes are high in Europe in general.
Vienna usually works out cheaper than FRA or MUC in terms of taxes paid. Flight taxes and assocated charges (a lot of what you pay for are airport-imposed facilities charges) are pretty high in Europe generally - I typically pay around USD70-80 in taxes (which are sometimes nearly as much as the fare) on a 200 mile trip between London and Brussels!