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From the article: "In France, half of all flights are taken by just 2% of people. In the U.K., 15% of travelers take 70% of flights and 8% of the Dutch take 42%
by rickdeckard 3y ago
From the article: "In France, half of all flights are taken by just 2% of people. In the U.K., 15% of travelers take 70% of flights and 8% of the Dutch take 42%."
I wouldn't expect i.e. these 2% (!) of people in France who make up 50% (!) of all trips to change their traveling habits just because the minimum price was raised. They likely pay significantly more on traveling each month already.
Sounds like a commercial aviation fuel tax would be more effective, with those 2% of people then paying 50% of all aviation fuel, instead of lower-income occasional travelers randomly paying more...
- malermeister 3y agoThat still leaves a whole other 50% of trips that might change traveling habits.
- rickdeckard 3y agoNo, they would also be affected by the fuel taxation, possibly equally hard due to their comparably lower overall budget for traveling.
- malermeister 3y agoThat's what I mean! If you have 2% of people doing 50% of trips, those people probably don't care about the cost. You do, however, also have 98% of people doing the other 50% of trips. There's a good chance some of those 98% do care about the cost and might not fly if the cost is higher, e.g. you might decrease the number of trips taken.
- rickdeckard 3y agoAh okay, then we mean the same thing :)