Kees van der Leun1d ago
In response to the growing global kerosene shortage, German government now plans to lower the taxes on air tickets 🤦🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️
Fortunately, the taxes are ridiculously low, so this won't do much direct harm. But it's of course totally the wrong signal to give.
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/luftverkehr-steuer-ticketpreis-100.html
Bundesregierung will Luftverkehrssteuer wegen teurer Flüge senken

Für Flüge aus Deutschland soll von Juli an eine niedrigere Ticketsteuer gelten. CDU, CSU und SPD lösen damit ein Versprechen aus ihrem Koalitionsvertrag ein. Die Preise dürften allerdings kaum fallen.

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Show threadJustin Scholz
@Sustainable2050 that is misreporting - they had already agreed roughly a year ago to lower this tax as they perceive it as too high in Europe to compete. Unrelated to the current shortage.
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