The European Commission would like to start taxing environmentally harmful aviation fuels. At least one draft of the package of measures, which is intended to benefit the environment, gives this impression.

Air traffic has so far been spared the EU fuel tax. Not for long. Because now there is open talk about the introduction of an EU-wide minimum tax rate for environmentally harmful aviation fuels. Specifically, the Commission is proposing a multi-stage model: The minimum tax rate for aviation fuel should start at zero in 2023 and then increase gradually over ten years. Exact numbers are not given in the document. The ORF reports.