Study: Tax on frequent flyers could raise €9.1bn a year

James Murray
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Study: Tax on frequent flyers could raise €9.1bn a year

New modelling explores the economic and climate benefits that could result from taxing the small subset of the population who fly frequently

The introduction of a frequent flyer levy in the UK could raise €9.1bn for government coffers, while resulting in a 17 per cent reduction in aviation emissions. That is according to research published...

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