ICAO extends jet fuel tax exemption, for now
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has ruled out introducing taxes on jet fuel for commercial operators for at least three years.

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has ruled out introducing taxes on jet fuel for commercial operators for at least three years. In a hard-fought deal struck at the close of the organization’s assembly on October 8, ICAO delegates agreed that no fuel taxes or charges can take effect before its next triennial assembly in the fall of 2007.

The move will likely slow efforts by the 25-state European Union (EU) to introduce taxes unilaterally. Before the ICAO Assembly, officials at the European Commission indicated that they would keep “all possible solutions open” regardless of any ICAO decision.

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