Germany is already in the middle of the election campaign, because the elections to the Bundestag are due in autumn 2021. The Greens, among others, are pushing for flight tickets to be artificially made more expensive and for short-haul flights to be banned if possible. The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) resisted in a newspaper interview.

In some countries, including Austria, politicians - especially those from the Green Party - are of the opinion that flying should be artificially made more expensive at all costs. It is expected that carbon dioxide emissions will decrease because there is less flown. In some countries there is approval from the social democrats because they expect better working conditions and higher pay for the staff. The latter is more likely to be wishful thinking, because airlines do not generate any additional income in the event of higher taxation.

Switzerland intended to drastically increase the price of tickets through the so-called CO2 law. The Federal Council did not do the math with the landlord, i.e. the population. The majority rejected the project in a referendum. This means that the plans to make airline tickets artificially more expensive - at least for the time being - through higher taxes are on hold.

In an interview with Bild am Sonntag, Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) takes the view that “flying should not be a privilege for the rich”. The politician goes on to say: “There is no point in continually increasing airfares. For climate protection, it would be better to do more research on synthetic fuels so that ultimately climate-neutral flying is also possible. And we have to expand the railways, invest more money in public transport and introduce the 2030-euro annual ticket for buses and trains throughout Germany by 365. The federal government has to help the federal states and municipalities more than before ”.