ESRI: Airline emissions best tackled by taxes on fuel, not passenger levy 

Imposing a passenger tax or charging Vat on flights, as other countries do, would be costly to the airlines and the economy

The ESRI has said an EU-wide tax on jet fuel, rather than the re-introduction of passenger taxes, would be most effective in lowering aviation-related carbon emissions.

Taxing jet fuel would be the best way to lower airline-related carbon emissions, rather than imposing a passenger tax and charging Vat on flights, the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has advised.

In relation to climate action, the ESRI said the most effective, and cost-effective, uses of taxation are those which target C02 directly.