VENEZUELA DUMPS AIRPORT AIR TAX AFTER UPROAR FROM PASSENGERS
January 7th, 2015
A levy on air in the Venezuela's largest airport, Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport – on both domestic and foreign flights – caused such an uproar in the South American nation last year, it has since been repealed. According to the Venezuelan Airline Association (ALAV - Asociacion de lineas aereas de Venezuela), the ‘air-tax’ was doomed by the constant complaints and delays it caused. Authorities in Vargas State, where Simón Bolivar airport is located, enacted a Venezuelan Bolivar VEF127 (or about USD20) per passenger fee last July for ...
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