Rather than taxing only private ops but with a 70-100% tax, if everyone was taxed say 2-5% it would actually bring in some profit while it would stop to punish those with the least potential. But then again, that would be against the Eurocommunist dogma of punishing private property.
Hmm... Europe would like to tax airliner fuel, but other nations would try to stop us.
Tories back Europe-wide tax on aviation fuel | Business | The Guardian
On the other hand, those American Commie b***rds want private aviation to pay higher fuel taxes than commercial aviation (Rockefeller-Lott bill).