Kenya has joined an international coalition of eight countries lobbying for a global taxation on luxury air travel.
In a statement dated June 30, the French Presidency announced the launch of the coalition, which seeks to increase the number of countries applying taxes on airline tickets, including premium travel, and to tax private jets.
Additionally, it aims to ensure upward harmonisation and greater progressivity in countries that have already implemented such taxes.
The group, made up of Kenya, France, Spain, Barbados, Somalia, Benin, Sierra Leone and Antigua and Barbuda, has suggested that the levies on flying could raise up to Ksh28 trillion ($220 billion) if they were applied across the board.
