Ryanair has issued an alert to many of its customers, instructing them to pay more for flights they have already booked and paid for.
Customers who have booked flights to Belgium from today (April 1) will be impacted by the additional charges. A number of travellers were emailed by Ryanair to be told how much extra they would have to pay.
The email reads: "On 25 March 2022, Belgium introduced a new flight tax on passengers departing Belgium from 1 April 2022. This means that even if a passenger booked a flight before 25 March, which is due to depart Belgium on or after 1 April, we must pay this new tax to the Belgian government.
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"This new tax is charged at the rate of between €2 and €10 depending on destination." The ECHO understands the applicable tax in respect to flights to the UK is €4 per passenger.
The Belgian Embarkation Tax, which comes into effect from April 1, was first proposed by the country’s government last October on distances of less than 500 km in order to encourage alternatives. However, it will now apply to all flights, including passengers travelling by private plane or helicopter.
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