Europe’s Airlines Sound The Alarm Over Taxes

KLM aircraft in Schiphol Airport

KLM warns that higher ticket taxes will send travelers to airports in neighboring countries.

Credit: Jochen Tack/Alamy Stock Photo
Airlines are in agreement: Ticket taxes are not good news for the industry, nor for its drive to decarbonize. One problem for the aviation industry is that in Europe, not all governments seem to share that view—while some have rolled back aviation taxation in recent months, others are considering...
Helen Massy-Beresford

Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.

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