Will there be no more budget flights in Europe?

Are the 10 euro flight days coming to an end? Authority Germany They advocate the introduction of additional fees, which will apply, among other things, to budget flights.

The Social Democratic Party of the country intends to adopt new laws on taxation on domestic flights at the meeting of the Climate Cabinet, and demand similar changes throughout the EU.

According to MPs, the system of air travel pricing should be standardized in Europe. Air tickets in the EU should no longer be sold at prices below the amount of taxes, fees and surcharges applied. And the additional climate fee will pay, first of all, just low-cost airlines with tickets below 50 euros.

The initiators of the laws oppose the kerosene tax over fears that airlines will refuel outside Germany and put even more pressure on the environment. The MPs propose to encourage train travel as an environmental measure, for example, to reduce VAT on railway tickets.

The authorities in July France An environmental tax on airline tickets will be introduced from the beginning of 2020. The fee will range from 1.50 to 18 euros and will depend on the type of ticket and class of service. The tax will apply to all flights departing from the country. Passengers arriving in France will not have to pay.

Exceptions will be made for connecting flights and flights to the French island of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea and the French overseas territories. The French authorities promise to invest in the creation of environmentally friendly infrastructure, for example, in improving the railway system.

The government announced plans to introduce an environmental tax from 2021 Netherlands: Authorities announced the inclusion of an additional fee of 7 euros in each flight ticket departing the country. Since 2018, the eco-collection for the sale of air tickets operates in Sweden (from 6 to 39) euros depending on the destination.

Source: turizm