{"id":14825,"date":"2025-11-08T09:26:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T07:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/cop30-discusses-new-tax-on-luxury-flights-private-jets\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:27:16","slug":"cop30-discusses-new-tax-on-luxury-flights-private-jets","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/cop30-discusses-new-tax-on-luxury-flights-private-jets\/","title":{"rendered":"COP30 discusses new tax on luxury flights, private jets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Passengers flying in business or first class or travelling by private jet could face a new tax under a proposal currently being discussed at the COP30 climate conference in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The measure is being developed by the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force, which was launched in 2023 and is co-chaired by Barbados, Kenya and France. For private jets, the levy could be linked to kerosene consumption, although other options are also under consideration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Experts say that passengers in business or first class and private jets are responsible for three or more times the emissions of those in economy class.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told the conference that it is fair for those who pollute the most to pay their share.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>France already charges a variable luxury flight tax on international flights to and from the country, which has served as a model for the proposed global initiative.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The plan is part of wider efforts to make air travel more sustainable and ensure wealthier travellers contribute to climate action.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14826,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-14825","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Passengers flying in business or first class or travelling by private jet could face a new tax","published_date":"2025-11-08 11:26:17","news_description":"Passengers flying in business or first class or travelling by private jet could face a new tax","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19320,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14825\/revisions\/19320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=14825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}