The government proposed a flying tax of 100 DKK on average. 60 DKK for flights in Europe, 240 DKK for flights to North America, North Africa and Middle East and 390 DKK for the rest of the world.
- 800 million DKK will be spent on creating a green domestic route (via plane) from 2025. Airports and airlines will be able to access the funds to test and implement green technologies.
- 1.5 billion DKK will be used to further boost the transition to green domestic aviation. What does that mean? Electric, Hydrogen and Biofuels.
- Part of the money collected from the flying tax will be used to increase the state pension by 4,800 DKK per year.
- Germany has already introduced a flying tax of 159 DKK on average.
- The people are happy to pay a higher price for flying, if it means helping the aviation industry become more green, however they are not happy to pay for an increase in the state pension.
- A professor from Aalborg University criticizes the government decision to support biofuels for planes.
