Landing 13:34. That’s probably a siesta surcharge…
It was nice seeing you again Peter, let’s try and lure more people to Spain..
Keep me informed what they say about that bill. I arrived 10 min later than you, stayed for one night and paid 36 euros. Maybe there is a different fee for non-Schengen, but they specified it wrongly on the invoice.
(That was the VAT for the airplane!)
;-) (!)
Winds quite strong today as I wait for my lo cost back to Luton. The Super Cub would have struggled on most fronts, visibility, headwinds, low clouds, although when I arrived at Barcelona Friday the weather was perfect, and stayed this way through Sunday.
Definitely need to try and re visit in the SC although local airport bureaucracy is a bit of a pain.
That was the VAT for the airplane!
Can’t be… I didn’t get a cert of free circulation
Anyway, to finish off the report:
Outbound track
Return track
Evidently London Control closed the Eurocontrol flight plan as I approached Shoreham, hence the end of the tracking and not showing the Biggin etc diversion which does show up on FR24 although with very sporadic samples
achimha wrote:
Landing 13:34. That’s probably a siesta surcharge…
It’s the other way around in Spain, Achim. Some time ago there were parking meters installed in my town. So I arrived at 12.45 and needed an hour so put some money in, and the first quarter took me to 13:00. Threw some money in, and surprise surprise, it suddenly jumped to 17:00! Policeman nearby saw me being puzzled, came over and said laughingly ’you’re not a Spaniard, are you? Don’t you know it is our constitutional right to have a siesta without having to pay for it?’. So this is why I live here
Avgas at LEPP was €2.65/litre (170 litres for €450).
Update:
It wasn’t a siesta charge; it was a mistake:
Peter wrote:
Avgas at LEPP was €2.65/litre (170 litres for €450).
I pay around 1,74 EUR per liter without VAT at LELL. I use the Air BP card and with the VAT ID of my company it is ‘commercial’. The Air BP card also shows the name of my company. There is a rule in Spain that for business use AVGAS is free of tax. A similar rule does exist in France but there you have to solicit that. I’m in the process of doing that. There is no requirement to operate an AOC – just be a business and fly for business purposes.
That’s how it used to be years ago (and at many other places around Europe) but I have tried it many times and each time they want to see the AOC. That’s despite the AIR BP card showing a company name. So I guess there must be another variable involved.