AVWeb’s Russ Niles says an environmental group based in the United Kingdom is calling for a fuel tax on corporate jets, similar to the fee currently charged commercial airline passengers. The Campaign for Better Transport says due to a larger environmental footprint, business aviation should shoulder more of the burden:
“In the organization’s aviation blog, the writers call on the government to close the “loophole” and note that 67,000 fuel tax-free business aviation flights occurred last year…The Campaign for Better Transport says the tax should be imposed for environmental reasons, claiming that business aircraft passengers create as much as 30 times the pollution, per capita, as airline pax.”
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