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Belgian federal budget deal introduces higher taxes on air travel, overseas parcels and accommodation
24 Nov 2025 18:44 GMT
After months of negotiations, the federal government finally produced white smoke this morning: a budget agreement has been reached. The consequences extend beyond Belgium’s borders, as not only hotel stays will become more expensive, but parcels from …
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Initiative planned for airline tax
14 Nov 2025 06:48 GMT
Friday, 14 November 2025 06:30
A citizens’ initiative to curb air traffic growth and boost public transport is being prepared for next year.
The environmental group actif-trafiC, known for its campaign against highway expansion, wants to introduce a tax on …
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France rejects airline tax hike, pushes global adoption at COP30
12 Nov 2025 00:32 GMT
… , France has introduced an increased tax on air travel by tripling the "solidarity …
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Expert blames high taxes, policies for soaring airfares
12 Dec 2025 11:26 GMT
… that a direct reduction in taxes on air travel services, which are ultimately borne …
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AFRAA urges ECOWAS to ease airline tax burden
10 Sep 2025 01:22 GMT
Bordered by increasing financial burden on airlines in Africa, the Secretary-General of the African Airlines Association, Abderahmane Berthe, has appealed to the Economic Community of West African States to slash taxes and charges imposed on airlines …
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Caricom states holding themselves back, experts say
11 Dec 2025 11:57 GMT
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Adding to the problem, soaring taxes on air travel and hotel stays are suffocating …
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ECOWAS Member States Asked to Eliminate Taxes on Air Travel to Develop Aviation Industry
09 May 2025 03:43 GMT
… regional strategy of eliminating all taxes on air travel in accordance with International Civil …
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Swedish Government Pledges to Abolish Tax on Air Travel
03 Sep 2024 15:17 GMT
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Tax on air travel to be scrapped, Eskilstuna stop and search zones, job cuts at the Swedish Film Institute, royals expecting baby
03 Sep 2024 14:30 GMT
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Swedish Government Pledges to Abolish Tax on Air Travel
03 Sep 2024 13:51 GMT
(Bloomberg) — The Swedish government plans to scrap an aviation tax from July next year to help domestic business in a controversial move that is also expected to increase carbon emissions in the country that coined the phrase “flying shame.”
The measure, …