This increase comes from an amendment to the 2025 budget tabled by the government, in the hope of benefiting from it both economically and ecologically. With this measure, the State could pocket one billion euros in revenue.
The editorial team advises you
The editorial team advises you
A lobby against the government
For Irish society, “this anti-growth passenger tax increase represents a targeted attack on ordinary French citizens and regional France, while wealthy long-haul Parisian passengers are in the lurch.” paradoxically exempt. » To justify this pressure, the company claims that France is behind other leading European tourist countries, such as Spain for example, because of “very high aviation taxes. »
“We are calling on the French government to immediately abandon its plan to triple passenger taxes in order to protect investment, connectivity, tourism and jobs across regional France,” said the company's commercial director, Jason McGuinness. .
Tarbes-Lourdes and Biarritz airports threatened?
Ryanair also plans to halve its capacity and the number of destinations on French soil from January 2025, if the government maintains its tax on plane tickets.
This lobby, in the form of blackmail, could implicitly threaten regional airports, such as those of Tarbes-Lourdes or Biarritz. In Bigorre, Ryanair operates direct flights to seven destinations (Rome, Milan, Krakow, Dublin, London, Krakow and Brussels) while in the Basque Country it transports to five destinations (Brussels, Dublin, Edinburgh, Milan and London). . These connections could soon no longer be served.
“Less tourism means fewer flights, higher fares and job losses, which will be particularly detrimental for French regional airports,” adds the firm, in reference to a potential loss of attractiveness.
