Australia's Dep PM: To End Ansett A$10 Levy
 

Australia's Dep PM: To End Ansett A$10 Levy

The Australian government said Tuesday it will scrap a A$10 levy on all airline tickets stemming from the 2001 collapse of local carrier Ansett.

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Thank goodness. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/thumbsup.gif http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/thumbsup.gif

A bet if all USA flyers had a $10 Eastern Airlines or $10 National Airlines levy etc added to all their tickets for years there would have been a riot. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Amazed thet got away with it here to be honest. Darn ... flying to ADL next weekend, and will get stung in the last week of its existence. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/mad.gif