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What about a really complicated solution, since a global solution is not going to happen:
1. Tax local fuel in EU. Everyone who fuels in European airports, must pay more
2. Tax European airliners fueling abroad - in countries that are not in the EU airline fuel tax agreement.
3. Tax inbound airliners according to the amount of fuel onboard
This would probably violate all sorts of treaties, would be hard to enforce and would have lots of all kinds of leaks... but food for thought anyway.
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What about a really complicated solution, since a global solution is not going to happen:
1. Tax local fuel in EU. Everyone who fuels in European airports, must pay more
2. Tax European airliners fueling abroad - in countries that are not in the EU airline fuel tax agreement.
3. Tax inbound airliners according to the amount of fuel onboard
This would probably violate all sorts of treaties, would be hard to enforce and would have lots of all kinds of leaks... but food for thought anyway.