Precisions from Air France on the airline ticket solidarity tax
Within the framework of the 2025 finance bill, the French government has submitted an amendment to significantly increase the airline ticket solidarity tax (TSBA) applicable to all flights departing from France. This tax, introduced in 2006, is levied on passengers by the airlines on behalf of the French government.
This massive and unprecedented increase would apply to all journeys made from 1 January 2025, including tickets issued before the 2025 finance bill was passed.
Airlines would therefore have to pay this tax to the French government for all journeys made from 1 January 2025, whether or not they had previously collected the amount from customers.
For Air France-KLM, having to pay an uncollected tax to the French government would represent a loss of several tens of millions of euros.
To avoid this situation, on 24 October 2024 the Air France KLM Group decided to pass on this increase in advance on tickets sold for travel from 1 January 2025, without waiting for the final finance bill to be passed.
The scale used is that set out in the amendment submitted by the French government as part of the 2025 finance bill.
In the event of a change to the scale, or if the amendment is abandoned or rejected, the Group's airlines will make adjustments to ensure that the amount collected is equal to the amount actually due in respect of the TSBA.
To find out more about the tax component of air fares: A breakdown of the price of an airline ticket
Lien afklm_fiche_tarifs_en_hr.pdf
Scale applied by Air France, KLM and Transavia since 24 October 2024 (as defined by the amendment submitted by the government as part of the 2025 finance bill):
- for domestic flights (including overseas departments), intra-EU flights and flights within the EEA, the amount collected in respect of the solidarity tax on airline tickets has been increased from €2.63 to €9.5 for the Economy and Premium cabins and from €20.27 to €30 for the Business cabin.
- for other flights of less than 5,500 km, it has increased from €7.51 to €15 for the Economy and Premium cabins and from €63.07 to €80 for the Business and La Première cabins.
- for all flights over 5500 km, the amount collected has increased from €7.51 to €40 for the Economy and Premium cabins and from €63.07 to €120 for the Business and La Première cabins.
The application of this scale can be seen in the details of the price of the plane ticket.
