Policy Brief: Taxation of international air transport and airports ─ Economic benefits and costs

Aviation is one of the most strategically important sectors for national and global economies but it is also heavily taxed.

The Policy Brief: Taxation of international air transport and airports – Economic benefits and costs calls for an end to the economically inefficient and discriminatory taxation of aviation which is hampering the industry’s recovery from COVID-19.

It explores – and provides potential remedies to – the imbalance between the current tax burden and the foregone global GDP impacts and missed jobs.