ARGS
Eddie Saunders
16 September 2025
European airlines (A4E) and airports (ACI EUROPE) warned that the Dutch government’s decision to further increase its already high air ticket tax will undermine connectivity, hurt passengers, and weaken investment in aviation decarbonisation.
This heavier tax load is the second such rise on top of an existing fee levied on consumer air travel.
Ourania Georgoutsakou, A4E Managing Director: “Time and time again, these unjustified tax rises have been shown to serve neither the passenger nor the climate.
“It simply makes the Netherlands less attractive as a place for business and tourism: passengers continue to travel, but to another destination.”
Olivier Jankovec, Director General of ACI EUROPE: “Raising aviation taxes is the textbook example of short term political thinking.
Dutch government hikes air ticket taxes again - ARGS - 16 Sept 2025
