Originally Posted by
SMK77
I take that Air France would not cheat in CDG as they are an airline domiciled in France. But if AF can pay taxes on beverages so can any other airline.
Any airline can pay duties to serve "the good stuff" on the ground (many will serve a cheaper sparkling wine on the ground outside their home country and pay duties based on that). That doesn't mean that any given airline will in fact decide it's worth it to pay the duty and arrange local catering for the PDBs.