Eight-country coalition aims to tax luxury air travel
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Eight countries, including France, Kenya and Spain, created a coalition on Monday to advance air sector taxation, with the prospect of imposing taxes on private jets and passengers travelling in premium classes. This coalition, announced during a UN conference on development financing, which opened Monday in the Spanish city of Seville, “will work for a greater contribution of the aviation sector” to “climate resilience,” announced Spanish gover…
A group of countries, including France, Kenya, Spain and Barbados, have been engaged in months to impose premium flights and private aircraft, in an attempt to fund climate action and sustainable development, inform Reuters....
The initiative aims to strengthen the air sector's contribution to the fight against climate change and to support international solidarity, particularly for developing countries.
Nations Unite to Tax Luxury Air Travel for Climate Funding
A coalition of countries, including France, Kenya, Spain, and Barbados, pledged to tax luxury air travel to fund climate action. This initiative, launched during a U.N. summit in Seville, aims to generate funds by taxing polluting industries amid reduced development aid. The initiative seeks to enhance global tax systems for sustainability.

Eight-country coalition aims to tax luxury air travel
Countries including France, Kenya, Barbados and Spain on Monday launched a coalition to push for taxes on wealthy air passengers to help poorer nations respond to climate change, the French presidency said.
The president presented the proposal supported by France, Kenya and Barbados, among others, to put the air sector even more in the spotlight.
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