[anoncake]

Quoting from https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2231434-eu-draft-exempts-... (thanks jey)

> The commission is worried that taxing fuel for cargo-only flights would adversely affect EU carriers.

Adversely affecting the aviation industry is kind of the whole point you gits.

[ska]

Their point was a bit more subtle, it meant that EU carriers would effectively be penalized relative to non-EU carriers operating in the EU, because other agreements precluded applying the tax to those (non-EU) carriers.

Means they need another tool.

The exception for private jets seems hard to defend though, whether business or pleasure.