Aviation green tax dodge can save families £200

Aviation green tax dodge can save families £200 - Times Online

Families will save up to £200 on a long-distance flight if they go via a European airport rather than flying direct because of a loophole in the Government’s new green tax on aviation.

Passengers can avoid paying tax on the whole journey by changing planes on the Continent, where the tax does not apply. Under the existing tax, which is being abolished, they are charged the same rate regardless of the route.

Ministers claim that the tax will reduce pollution from aircraft but overall emissions will be higher for the thousands of people who save money by catching two flights instead of one and flying hundreds of miles farther. Many will fly east to Paris or Amsterdam before catching connecting flights west to the United States, meaning they will pass back over Britain.

Via Climate Science