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| Easyjet to back green air taxes | Easyjet to back green air taxes |
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| The budget airline Easyjet is expected to announce its support for a green tax on air travel later. | The budget airline Easyjet is expected to announce its support for a green tax on air travel later. |
| The carrier says current air passenger duty should be scrapped and replaced with a tax based on the amount of carbon dioxide produced on each flight. | The carrier says current air passenger duty should be scrapped and replaced with a tax based on the amount of carbon dioxide produced on each flight. |
| It believes such a tax would mean Easyjet passengers would pay less than they do with passenger duty. | It believes such a tax would mean Easyjet passengers would pay less than they do with passenger duty. |
| But critics say to impact on climate change a new tax would have to be high enough to put some people off flying. | But critics say to impact on climate change a new tax would have to be high enough to put some people off flying. |
| 'Ineffective tax' | 'Ineffective tax' |
| The BBC's transport correspondent Tom Symonds said Easyjet's routes were relatively short compared with full service carriers and it used newer aircraft. | |
| This meant the no-frills airline believed its carbon emissions would be lower per passenger than many of its rivals, he said. | This meant the no-frills airline believed its carbon emissions would be lower per passenger than many of its rivals, he said. |
| Earlier this year, the government came in for heavy criticism from the UK's leading airlines for doubling the UK Air Passenger Duty. | Earlier this year, the government came in for heavy criticism from the UK's leading airlines for doubling the UK Air Passenger Duty. |
| Easyjet described the charge as "an ineffective environmental tax" which failed to recognise that some airlines have more efficient planes than others. | Easyjet described the charge as "an ineffective environmental tax" which failed to recognise that some airlines have more efficient planes than others. |