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Quoting from https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2231434-eu-draft-exempts-private-jets-cargo-from-jet-fuel-tax https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2231434-eu-draf
by anoncake 5y ago
Quoting from https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2231434-eu-draft-exempts-private-jets-cargo-from-jet-fuel-tax https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2231434-eu-draft-exempts-... (thanks jey)
> The commission is worried that taxing fuel for cargo-only flights would adversely affect EU carriers.
Adversely affecting the aviation industry is kind of the whole point you gits.
- ska 5y agoTheir point was a bit more subtle, it meant that EU carriers would effectively be penalized relative to non-EU carriers operating in the EU, because other agreements precluded applying the tax to those (non-EU) carriers. Means they need another tool. The exception for private jets seems hard to defend though, whether business or pleasure.