BA could pass emissions trading cost on to passengers
25.10.11
British Airways is ‘reviewing’ whether to pass on the costs of the EU's emissions trading scheme to passengers from January, Travel Weekly reports. Other airlines are believed to be doing the same, in a move that could add another supplement to passenger airfares in addition to taxes and fuel surcharges.
Airlines will be forced to join the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) on January 1 and there are some suggestions that it could add up to €40 (£35) to some fares. However, the EU insists the costs ‘should be below €2 (£1.75) per passenger each way’ on a long-haul flight – ‘less than most airport taxes and charges’ [not that it is replacing any taxes or charges].
A BA spokesman said of passing on the cost to passengers: ‘We are keeping it under review.’ We would expect it to be added to airfares, as airlines simply are not profitable enough (or at all) to absorb this extra cost. So it becomes another tax on flying.
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