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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10607

4 May 2012
SECTORAL POLICY / (ae) transport
Aviation tax during recession - a blow to goose with golden eggs

Brussels, 03/05/2012 (Agence Europe) - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has acknowledged that aviation is suffering from the recession in Spain and the United Kingdom, and has criticised the climbing taxes on aviation that come as a blow to “the goose that lays the golden eggs”. Nonetheless, IATA is delighted by the fact that passenger air traffic is still enjoying growth in Europe and across the world. Freight, too, is on the rise albeit less so as it is down in...