The plan, according to a Travel Daily News story, was suggested during an EU meeting and seeks to fairly price the environmental costs of air travel, according to EU Helpers.
Belgium adopted the strategy used by the Netherlands, which Belgium then imitated. The suggestion will be covered during the Council of Environment Ministers' meeting on Tuesday.
Koen Van den Heuvel, the newly appointed environment minister for Flanders, is the driving force behind the new strategy.
The Belgian delegation promoted the adoption of a "fair and equitable pricing framework for air transportation in view of its environmental impact" in a communication sent to other members of the European Union.
Additionally, the communication emphasizes how there are no taxes on aircraft fuel or VAT on tickets.
Authorities in the Netherlands declared last year that beginning this year, they would be raising taxes on airline tickets. According to a local media report, the "Netherlands Dutch State Tax," which is charged to visitors leaving the Netherlands, will increase by more than €30, from €7.95 to €28.58.
The Netherlands' government claimed that by doing this, travelers will select more environmentally friendly modes of transportation.
In an effort to reduce noise and air pollution, Belgian authorities declared last year that they will impose additional levies on private jets and commercial planes. Belgian authorities announced back then that the new taxes will go into effect on April 1 of this year.
"The noise pollution experienced by residents near Brussels National Airport, whether they live in Flanders, Brussels, or Wallonia, cannot remain as it is," deputy prime minister and minister of transportation Georges Gilkinet noted in a statement.
In comparison to commercial flights, he claimed, the pollution per passenger is far higher. According to Gilkinet, the cost of a private jet would depend on the age of the aircraft and the time of the journey. Furthermore, the administration declared ambitions to prevent night flying at the time.
The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) estimates that business aviation makes for 12% of all aviation activity in that nation.
Following a statement made at the time by France's Environment Minister, Christophe Bechu, who emphasized that his government was in favor of taking such a measure beginning this year, Belgium made its decision.