Time For Airlines To Pay Fuel Tax
01/24/09 14:19
Unlike every other transportation mode, airliners don’t pay fuel tax.
Trains pay fuel tax, cars & buses pay, ferries and ships pay, trucks pay. (So do farm tractors and construction equipment.) Airliners don’t and this is neither right nor fair.
It is time to fix this now.
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Unlike vehicles, trains, boats and other fuel users, airlines pay no or fuel taxes virtually worldwide. In the U.S., airlines pay 8% of what other transportation methods use. They also do not pay state sales taxes while ferries and other transportation do.
This means other transportation methods subsidize airlines.
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07/20/06 16:23
Seeing those upturned wing ends on more airliners? "Winglets" make airliners 6 - 7% more fuel efficient. Aviation Partners, the Seattle company that produces most winglets says it has saved airlines over 1.3 billion gallons of fuel by retrofitting older airliners and business jets. The wingletted aircraft also fly farther and climb faster for a smoother ride.
Aviation Partners also supplies Boeing with winglets for new 737s. Kudos to Southwest, American Airlines and Continental Airlines for retrofitting fuel saving winglets on hundreds of aircraft.
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