In the newspaper The Telegraph Recently, an article was published under the heading "Airfare prices will skyrocket". Journalists ONGOING agree that such expression is not groundless. It's about raising more than three times the so-called flight tax - tax on air passengers (vliegbelasting). On the eve of Prince's Day, we have already raised this issue in our article (give a link to the article "Prince's Day 2022: changes in the field of transport, ecology and energy consumption").
Increasing the tax by more than 20 euros
From January 1, 2023, the air passenger tax (vliegbelasting) will be €28,58 per person per flight. Since now passengers pay 7,95 euros per ticket, the tax will immediately increase by more than 20 euros. Initially, they planned to bring the tax to 24 euros per ticket, but at the last moment, on the eve of Prince's Day, it became known that a few more euros would be added.
Environmental agreements
Such a sharp increase in the tax is the result of environmental agreements concluded by the ruling parties in their coalition agreement. It is expected that such a move will bring additional hundreds of millions of euros to the treasury. Part of the funds will be used "to reduce the impact of aviation on the environment".
Airlines disappointment
Against the backdrop of a significant increase in fuel costs, airlines are already forced to increase ticket prices. The era of air tickets for 10 euros is clearly in the past. Even at the time of the introduction of vliegbelasting, on January 1, 2021, airlines were very disappointed, as they hoped for a delay due to the corona crisis. Obviously, the current tax increase will make flying less attractive, but the government believes that social costs should also be part of the ticket price.
Publication Date: 29.09.2022
