Will the net-zero ‘flight tax’ raise family air fares by £300 in 15 years?

Taking off: Richard Branson and his Virgin Atlantic team beside the Boeing 787 used for the first SAF transatlantic flight - (Simon Calder)

“Net-zero ‘flight tax’ will raise cost of holidays”: so read the front-page splash in the latest Sunday Telegraph. The government’s own assessment, said the article, “shows the new mandate could add hundreds more pounds to tickets” – potentially £300 for a family holiday for four.

Opposition figures have deplored what they describe as the latest move from the “net-zero blob”.