“The unintended consequences of coronavirus.” By Sergio Beraldo, courtesy of IREF A new type of virus is holding the world in suspense by evoking images of the worst Hollywoodian nightmares. It is known that it spread out of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, China, and then quickly propagated throughout mainland China, at […]
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Germany to hike taxes on air travel
The hot new virtue-signaling trend of “fly shaming” might not be enough to persuade people to fly less, but steep tax hikes might just do the trick. That’s what Germany is cooking up, with the ruling coalition’s new proposed budget featuring higher federal taxes on […]
Gulf countries gave flagship airlines $48B in subsidies
Illinois Senator Everett Dirkson is famously supposed to have remarked: “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money.” In the case of state subsidies to three of the world’s most well-known airlines, however, the saying might have to be paraphrased: “Ten billion here, ten billion there…” According to […]
BAD PASSENGERS: UK, Sweden Take Aim At Air Travel Mobility
For many years increased mobility was touted as one of the benefits of economic development as well as one of its main drivers, reflecting a virtuous cycle connecting the movement of labor and goods with rising prosperity. Now, however, mobility is viewed as anything but virtuous due to all-important environmental concerns. As in all […]