Originally Posted by
grouse
I imagine you are wrong. The UK government does not charge different tax rates (such as the now-enormous air passenger duty) depending on which airport you use. Any passenger service fees charged by airport operators will be relatively minor in comparison.
That said, I'd love to see more service from STN.
Ok, for the sake of argument let's take an intra-European flight. You go on travelocity, you click LHR to AMS and the fare is 20 pounds or so. Then you selected the ticket you get priced out, and the all inclusive fare jumps to 70 pounds. So 50 pounds is taxes.
You go to EasyJet.com and try to book STN to AMS, and the taxes are approximately 15 pounds for the return?
How is this???