Germany's Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD), who will also be the top candidate for the successor to Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) in autumn, called for minimum prices for flight tickets to be introduced in a TV interview with ProSieben. He named “50 or 60 euros” as the lower limit.
The German politician is thus taking up a project by the Austrian Transport Minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens) . This project is considered highly controversial, as it is extremely difficult to reconcile with existing international agreements as well as European Union regulations. The original deadline of "autumn 2021" set by Gewessler could not be met. There were also indications from Brussels that the project was not compatible with EU law.
But: Union law can also be changed and if a large number of member states demand this, there is a likelihood that an EU-wide regulation can be introduced. The emphasis is on can, as not all members consider that airline ticket minimum prices are a good thing.
In any case, Scholz demands: "No flight can be cheaper than the airport charges and all other charges that are incurred for them". He now wants to campaign at European level and take action against cheap flights within the Union territory. He wants to "enforce a lower price limit". In an interview with ProSieben, he set this at around “50 to 60 euros”. He describes this value as “cheap” compared to “what flying used to cost”.