I couldn't agree more. But if an airline based in, let's say UK, and then opened main bases in Russia, it wouldn't get hit by those taxes. It's easy to bypass.
The thing with taxes is that they may vary between trading blocs and individual nations.
I'm sure there are similar taxes all around the world. Denmark has absolutely horrendous import taxes on aircraft in general. That would mean fewer airlines in Copenhagen. Fewer airlines in Beijing too, as the Chinese gov. would prefer Chinese jets.
Quote from: Tiger In Training on November 25, 2010, 08:27:40 amThe thing with taxes is that they may vary between trading blocs and individual nations.Quote from: Virgin Serbia on November 25, 2010, 11:25:40 amI'm sure there are similar taxes all around the world. Denmark has absolutely horrendous import taxes on aircraft in general. That would mean fewer airlines in Copenhagen. Fewer airlines in Beijing too, as the Chinese gov. would prefer Chinese jets.The work that would be involved in terms of research for a feature like this is not something we have the staff resources to support. So it would have to be either a simplified system or simply someone else will have to do the work.