Islamabad: There is a big news for passengers regarding the increase in tax on international travel, the new tax has started to be applied on ticket booking.
According to the details, all airlines including PIA, Saudi Air, Emirates have imposed new federal excise duty on all flights departing from Pakistan.
Airlines have started applying a new tax for international travel from Pakistan, under which FED has been increased by 150% on Economy and Economy Plus tickets.
FED on economy class ticket has been increased from Rs.5 thousand to Rs.12 thousand 500.
The FED on club class flights from Pakistan and America has been increased from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 3.5 lakh, while the FED on flights to the Middle East and Africa has been increased from Rs 75 thousand to Rs 1 lakh 5 five thousand.
The FED on flights from Pakistan to Europe has been increased from Rs.
All airlines have started implementing the new taxes on ticket bookings from July 1 following the increase in federal excise duty in the budget.