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At its national conference, Norway’s governing Høyre party announced that it plans to scrap a mandatory airline tax connected to last year's closure of Oslo Rygge Airport. The party wants to replace the flat fee with a new type of tax that would have a “clear environmental effect,” reports newspaper Dagbladet. The proposal, which came from the Østfold division of the party, was made at the end of a debate on transport. […] RSL closed down operations on November 1st 2016 following Ryanair’s decision to cease using the airport after the introduction of the tax. Around 1,000 people are estimated...

f French president Jacques Chirac gets his way, air travelers in Omaha, Bangor, and all across the United States will be honored to pay yet another tax on every ticket. Not to upgrade airports - that would be selfish. Not for increased security - France apparently believes that 9/11 was just a big misunderstanding, and the US reaction is so, well, very gauche. Chirac has a higher vision. Seeking to saddle those rich airline travelers around the globe in over-served places like Pasco and Taichung and Juneau with another tax, he wants to use the money to wipe out disease...

By Joan Veon May 3, 2005 NewsWithViews.com At the spring meeting of the IMF/World Bank in Washington, D. C. it was announced that a number of countries will be used to test a $1 tax on airline tickets. This global tax idea has been around for the last twenty years and is now back as a tax that would be relatively easy to put in place. Furthermore, an “International Financing Facility” for immunization will also be set up on a test basis. How could we be this far? For the last ten years I have followed the topic of global...

There was big news from the airline industry last week. Apparently, they want Americans to pay for the "convenience" of flying. Unfortunately, the major Airlines want all Americans to pay them for flying their aircraft, whether or not we ever even use their services. In an unprecedented corporate group-beg, the poor-mouthing airline executives asked Congress for financial help again last Tuesday. They whine that security costs imposed after last year's terrorist attacks are hampering their financial recovery. Just a year ago, Congress approved a $15 billion aid package for the airline industry. That tab equates to about $132.00 per American...