Germany implements new flight tax

02/09/2010

German passenger carriers have been left reeling, as the national government implemented a new levy on flight tickets. Initially announced earlier this year, the charge will add 8 Euros to tickets to 52 European destinations, 25 Euros to 50 airports in Asia and Africa, and 45 Euros to all other destinations. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government confirmed the tax will be imposed on all flights out of the country from 01 January 2011. The levy is part of a proposed budget designed to save the German exchequer 80 billion Euros in the period to 2014.