Flight tax ready for take-off
Thirteen nations have agreed to sign up to Jacques Chirac’s forthcoming tax on air tickets to help development and fight disease in the developing world.
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Air Ticket Tax Will Benefit Environment
The air ticket tax under discussion at an international aid conference in Paris this week, will have environmental benefits according to T&E, Europe’s principal sustainable transport organisation. From July, a French ‘air solidarity tax’ will add an estimated 1% to ticket prices, resulting in a reduction of demand for air travel of 1% with a corresponding reduction of 1% in harmful emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants.
Chirac’s aviation ticket tax initiative approved
The French parliament has approved plans for a tax on airline tickets which will come into effect on 1 July.
T&E Position Paper on Aviation Ticket Taxes
This position paper has been published in response to enquiries from stakeholders and the media about the potential for environmental benefits resulting from the French government’s proposed “airline-ticket solidarity tax” which will be introduced in July 2006 to raise development funds.
EU must not let US rule out sensible aviation options
Editorial by Jos Dings
This year has seen the first bit of good news in the aviation/environment field for several years. The Commission is now committed to including aviation emissions in the European Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS). Our response has been that this is a good first step – as long as it is seen as that. If it is viewed as enough in itself, we will not see real reductions in greenhouse gases from aircraft.
Poor response to voluntary air emissions scheme raises questions
How willing are air travelers to pay for the damage their flights cause to the environment?
Bilateral agreements and archaic fuel exemptions
Jos Dings, Director of T&E writes in this week's European Voice: The EU-US aviation agreement has been under discussion once again. But an important issue has been conspicuous by its absence from the debate; namely the need to remove a standard clause found in existing bilateral agreements which effectively rules out taxation on aviation fuel.
Aviation emissions plan an ‘important first step’
The first legally binding framework for tackling the environmental impact of international aviation has been proposed by the Commission.
Emissions trading for aviation moves closer
The chances of Europe’s airlines having to join the EU emissions trading scheme (EU-ETS) within a few years are likely to increase when the Commission publishes proposals on aviation in the next few weeks.
‘Sustainability’ alliance seeks to prevent aviation charges
A number of companies in the British aviation industry have formed an alliance with the stated aim of improving air travel’s impact on the environment.