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Europe’s €280 Billion Mistake: Why IATA’s Warning About Aviation Policy Should Be Keeping Tourism Ministers Awake at NightSweden abolished its aviation tax on 1 July 2025, while Germany reduced its air passenger tax from 1 July 2026 to the levels that applied before May 2024.

Europe’s €280 Billion Mistake: Why IATA’s Warning About Aviation Policy Should Be Keeping Tourism Ministers Awake at Night

Published October 16, 2026 by Staff Writer

IATA’s Thomas Reynaert used the Wings of Change Europe conference in Brussels to warn that rising aviation taxes, regulatory complexity and a proposed expansion of the EU Emissions Trading System…

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Greenland’s Tourism Gateway: How Brussels Is Betting on Connectivity to Unlock Arctic DemandOn September 18, US President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that Washington had reached an agreement with Denmark and Greenland that, in his description, would give the United States “permanent control over security, and all other needs” in the territory.

Greenland’s Tourism Gateway: How Brussels Is Betting on Connectivity to Unlock Arctic Demand

Published September 21, 2026 by Staff Writer

With Washington deepening its security role in Greenland, the EU is pursuing a different form of influence — better air and sea connections, tourism infrastructure and investment designed to make…

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When Aviation Talks Decarbonisation, Tourism Should Be Listening: IATA Brings Its Sustainability Summit to BrusselsMarie Owens Thomsen, IATA’s Senior Vice President Sustainability and Chief Economist, captured the challenge: “the challenge is constrained not by ambition but by the pace at which interdependent solutions can be developed and scaled.”

When Aviation Talks Decarbonisation, Tourism Should Be Listening: IATA Brings Its Sustainability Summit to Brussels

Published September 2, 2026 by Staff Writer

With airfares, route viability and destination access increasingly tied to the industry’s ability to scale cleaner fuels, October’s summit in the EU capital is as much a tourism story as…

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