Local taxes rankle Aussie’s Rex
Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) will cease operating into the city of Parkes in response to the local government’s decision to hike passenger taxes by 1

Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) will cease operating into the city of Parkes in response to the local government’s decision to hike passenger taxes by 15 percent. Within days of the September 4 announcement, Parkes Shire Council offered further talks  about the taxes, but Rex’s board has declined to reconsider its decision, arguing that it has already had two rounds of negotiations with the local politicians.

According to Rex, it has more than doubled airline passenger traffic into Parkes–
located 160 miles west of Sydney–from 13,400 in the 2000-01 financial year to 31,700 at the end of the 2006-07 period. Over the same time frame the value of passenger taxes the local council collects has grown from A$100,000 to A$190,000 ($82,000 to $157,000).

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