After multiple cancellations of lines this winter by Ryanair, in response to the increase in the solidarity tax on plane tickets, the French government plans to return to it, or at least break it, at least the time to refine the 2026 budget.
A new tax that does not pass. Since March, airlines have to apply new prices in France due to the increase in the solidarity tax on plane tickets (TSBA), which increased from 2.63 euros to 7.4 euros for domestic flights or to European destinations. In response to this measure, Ryanair has decided to close three airports, cancel 25 winter lines and remove 750,000 seats. “Ryanair calls on France to remove this tax, under penalty of losing new investments,” also alerted the low-cost company.
“There is a problem with this tax”
Faced with the total rejection of the TSBA increase, the French government is starting to retropedal. Tourism Minister Nathalie Delattre said on TF1 Thursday, July 31: “There is a problem with this tax.” “This tax is likely to slow down air traffic,” she said. “I am alongside the Minister of Transport Philippe Tabarot to defend this option to remove this tax,” she also said, before her ministry corrects her words later in the morning, assuring that it was “against any increase”, but not for a suppression.
For his part, Philippe Tabarot, who had already made known in the spring that he was “reserved” at the idea of registering the increase in TSBA over time, wishes to “a break” in the taxation of the air sector, at least the time that the government has its arbitrations on its 2026 finance bill.
Posted on July 31 at 1:20 p.m., Maeliss Innocenti, 6medias