The Air Passenger Tax and the Sustainable Development of Civil Aviation: Some European and Regional Contours

Svetlana Gercheva ()
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Svetlana Gercheva: University of Economics - Varna

Regional Economy and Sustainable Development, Conference Proceedings 2017, 2018, issue 1, 201-214

Abstract: This paper discusses the potential of an EU-wide air passenger tax for bringing the civil aviation on a sustainable path of development. The tax burden is disproportionately low given the carbon footprint of civil aviation. Thus, a carbon-based air passenger (ticket) tax becomes instrumental to limiting pollution caused by civil aviation. The author estimates the consequences of the EU-wide air ticket tax in terms of the expected tax revenue and decreasing number of passengers who departure from three Bulgarian airports – Sofia, Varna and Burgas.

Keywords: air passenger tax; sustainable development; civil aviation; number of passengers estimates; tax revenue forecast. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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