Airport Improvement Fee
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An Airport Improvement Fee or Embarkation Fee or Airport Tax is an additional fee charged from departing and connecting passengers at an airport. It is levied by government or an airport management corporation and the proceeds are usually intended for funding of major airport improvements or expansion.
The Airport Improvement Fee can be charged from passengers at the point of embarkation, often creating difficulties for departing passengers who have already exhanged all their local currency. Therefore many airports now include these charges in the price of an airline ticket. The amount varies usually between US$10 and US$30. In some instances, the fee continues to be charged long after construction has been completed (i.e. Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport).
Airports currently collecting an explicit airport improvement fee include:
- Ministro Pistarini International Airport (Ezeiza), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Ngurah Rai Airport (Denpasar), Bali, Indonesia
- Auckland International Airport, Auckland, New Zealand
- Carrasco International Airport, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Almost all Canadian international airports
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