(Tiper Stock Exchange) – The hypothesis of an increase in the departure tax in Brindisi. A deterrent to the growth of air traffic and investments by airlines.
This is the substance of the comment released by Lorenzo Lagoriocountry manager of easyJet Italyto the news that the Municipality of Brindisi would be considering increase the surtax paid by the carriers operating at the Salento airport as early as 2023to then think about introducing a further increase two euros per passenger in 2024.
Obvious that the increase, to which must be added the weight of tourist tax now set at 6.50erodes already low margins and affects all airlines. easyJetfor its part, has put it on sale for Summer 2023 over half a million seats on board its aircraft operating to and from Brindisi, with an increase of 19% compared to 2019.