Passengers to pay special tax for air travel in Denmark

(Patria) - The Danish government plans to introduce a special tax for air passengers.

On average, this should amount to about 13 euros per flight, and the collected funds will be used, among other things, to support the sustainable transition of the aviation industry.

This will make Denmark join Germany and Sweden, which already have similar taxes, reports the German agency dpa.

As Danish Minister of Finance Jeppe Bruus Christensen explained this week, the tax amount from 2025 will average around 70 Danish kroner (9.39 euros), and by 2030 it will reach 100 Danish kroner (13.31 euros).

For flights within Europe, passengers will have to pay a fee of around eight euros, for longer journeys - for example, to New York - around 32 euros, and to Bangkok around 52 euros.

Denmark is not the only country that has decided to introduce such a tax. Before it, Germany and Sweden decided on a similar move, reports SEEbiz.

The Danish government expects to fill the state budget with an additional 160 million euros by 2030 with the help of the air passenger tax.

The funds will be used to support the aviation industry's transition to more environmentally friendly engines and to smaller airports that are expected to be most affected by the introduction of the tax.

Danish Minister of Transport Thomas Danielsen also announced the establishment of a financial support scheme worth 107 million euros, which will enable airports and air carriers to test environmentally friendly technologies.