Those of us complaining about unfair taxes on fuel, perhaps we should stop driving cars and buy a business jet instead.
The EU is going to make business jets exempt from a carbon fuel tax, that should please all those rock stars en route to a gig and executives flying to a G7 conference.
The European Commission’s planned carbon tax on jet fuel, which will be presented for legislation on July 14, will carry exemptions for private jets and cargo flights on the grounds that such journeys “aid to the conduct” of business, it was announced today. Apparently multi-millionaire celebrities jetting around the continent to visit their second homes is now classified as “business travel"