In February, the Dutch government began circulating a position paper suggesting the EU should introduce a Union-wide air passenger departure tax on flights departing from the European Union. The paper promoted by the Netherland’s Secretary of State for Finance Menno Snel suggests a 7 EUR per passenger flight tax be rolled out within all Member States.
The EU28 has nearly 1.5 billion departing air passengers a year. Dutch plans would cost European consumers 10 billion Euros a year and likely ground many Europeans’ plans to visit friends or study abroad.
Dutch plans of an EU-wide air passenger tax won’t fly high with consumers.
The Hands Off My Cheap Flights movement is a Europe-wide consumer-driven initiative, organised and coordinated by the Consumer Choice Center against the departure tax. The movement aspires to become a driving force in stopping this tax. We believe that with your support and our experience in consumer advocacy, we will succeed. The Hands Off My Cheap Flights initiative is essential to making the CCC’s campaign against the departure tax a success and saving affordable flights in Europe.
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