The cost of flights from France will rise next month when the government more than doubles its “solidarity tax” on tickets. The tax of flights on private jets will also increase. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Jérôme du Boucher, aviation manager at the Paris-based organization Transport and Environment, about the increase on taxes which the French government says is fair on ecological and fiscal grounds, but critics say will make French carriers less competitive.
The story you just read is not locked behind a paywall because listeners and readers like you generously support our nonprofit newsroom. Now more than ever, we need your help to support our global reporting work and power the future of The World. Can we count on you?