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Fuel tax used to finance the air safety

Zurich, Switzerland - It was proposed by Swiss Minister of Transports

Swiss Minister of Transport, Moritz Leuenberer, speaking in a meeting in Kloten about the air traffic, said that a part of the fuel tax, which in Switzerland is used for the maintenance of the streets, could be payed to finance the air safety. In this way the costs for the air carriers, which are particularly glum of the high prices of the tax that Swiss airports use to pay air security.

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 141898
Rome, Italy, 05/30/2006 17:37
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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