The following note was received from the indomitably Adrain Loveridge.
Let’s look at two persons travelling to St. Lucia from Barbados on 12th June and return on 21st.
Forget the fare for a minute!
Let’s just look at the taxes!
TWO PERSONS in US$
BGI-SLU
$11.55 Sales Tax (VAT)
$10.00 Passenger Facility Charge
$55.00 Airport Development Tax
$ 5.00 Airport Authority Tax
$0.74 Airport Passenger Tax
$20.50 Fuel and Insurance Surcharge
TOTAL US$102.79 (2 persons)
SLU-BGI
$11.55 Sales Tax
$ 3.00 Passenger Facility Charge
$ 9.64 Airport Passenger Tax
$20.50 Fuel and Insurance Surcharge
TOTAL US$44.49 (2 Persons)
So! of the total of US$301.48 for the two persons (ONE FREE!) US$147.48 are taxes, fees and surcharges!
The fuel surcharges especial intrigue me!
Barbados to St. Lucia is 121 miles, so 242 miles return.
What is the actual cost of the aviation fuel for this distance in a Dash 8?
Perhaps we should ask who is destroying regional travel?
Adrian Loveridge
23 May 2007
Barbados must be always an option to considering, especially when this so near us, Venezuela. Ojala let’s be prompt vistando your beautiful island.
Viajero~can you tell us if Barbados is well known in Venezuela? What is the cost to travel to Barbados and what route/airline would you take to travel here?