Airlines
Germany To Nearly Double Aviation Tax on Short-haul Flights
Critics assert the German aviation tax hikes will convince travelers to switch to airports in neighboring countries.

Short-haul flights from Germany will see a 75 percent increase in the aviation tax, from the current €7.50 ($8.27) per passenger departing the country’s airports to €13.03, under plans set for adoption by the federal government at its weekly cabinet meeting on Wednesday. Germany’s coalition government revealed plans to raise the aviation tax—which it introduced in 2011—already last month, but it never confirmed the rates of the planned hike.


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