Spain proposes new air travel taxes
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has proposed new taxes on air travel in a bid to limit the sector’s damage on the environment. Similar to legislation in France, the new Spanish restrictions – par...
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has proposed new taxes on air travel in a bid to limit the sector’s damage on the environment. Similar to legislation in France, the new Spanish restrictions – par...
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UAE nationals and residents who are vaccinated are now required to undergo five days of quarantining on arrival in the emirate, which is a decrease from previous 10 days. This is expected to stimulate...
The Spanish government is planning to introduce new tax proposals in 2022 that will impact airlines and tourism. Currently the Spanish government has not decided on the specific form that the tax woul...
Shares in European airlines fell this morning after the UK government announced its green list of countries available for international travel from May 17. Only 12 countries made it on to the green li...
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The Latvian State Audit has urged the government to tighter control over the use of €250 million provided to the national airline Air Baltic Corporation (airBaltic). After analysing the general situat...
In an interview with The Times in Brussels on Sunday April 25, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission (EC), indicated that American tourists who have been fully vaccinated against ...
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