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.

tagesschau.de
Show threadBenjamin Knispel1d ago
@Sustainable2050 This has nothing to do with the growing global kerosene shortage. This was something the current government has been planning to do for a longer time as it was part of the coalition agreement between the two governing parties.
Show threadKees van der Leun
@benknispel OK thanks for that background. Then it's just plain stupid, and very bad timing now.
Apr 2 at 7:12amWeb
Show threadBenjamin Knispel1d ago
@Sustainable2050 Yes.