The UK goverment wouldn't dare put a tax on travelling like that - as if they did it would be suicidal.
It is called APD and has been £10 for about the last 2 years in the UK
Also what benefit of EI going under is there to FR? They own a very large chunk of this company and I would imagine FR's shareholders will at somepoint wake up and ask the question 'why are you trying to destroy a company that we own 30% (or whatever it is) of?' Whilst there would be financial gain to FR as they would then have a monopoly there would also be the substantial loss of millions of € if it were to end up bust.