French readers (or, at least, those who are planning to start their journey in France), listen up!
Expect an increase of one to 40 Euros when you pay for your plane tickets, as France adds French tax on airline tickets. Your tax money will be used to buy bulk purchases of medicines to help fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
Now, I am all for doing things for a good cause. But, why oh why, did they choose to tax air tickets to fund this cause? Why force charity? Can anyone explain the logic of this move to me?
To date, in the EU, only Luxembourg has agreed to sign up.
[source: AirlineTravelNews]
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