Europe has gone mad... Am I understanding this correctly? We're going to tax kerosene to help pay for 3rd world countries???... AND we'll ask the USA if they're willing to join???? Yeah, right... that'll happen... in la-la land. HELLO! The airline industry is going down the tubes, mr/mrs Euro-commissioner! No need to speed things up by taxing an already crippled sector.
It's absolutely rediculous that a return trainticket for a 10 mile journey is more than 5 times as expensive than a 400 mile trip by airplane. LCC's might have enabled many to travel conveniently by air but they've ruined the industry as a whole. Plane tickets ought to be expensive because it is an expensive way to travel!