Airline Ticket Solidarity Tax
Latest update 24 February 2025 at 10:10
Following the publication of the 2025 Finance Law, the scale of the airline ticket solidarity tax (TSBA) for 2025 has been raised, from March 1, 2025, for all flights departing from France.
- For flights within France and Europe in economy class: the tax will now be €7.40, per flight and per passenger, compared with €2.63 previously.
- For international flights in economy class: the tax will now be €15, per flight and per passenger, compared with €7.51 previously.
Click here for more information on the Finance Act 2025.
In order to apply this law, Transavia France has chosen to collect this tax in full for travel scheduled from March 3, 2025.
Consequently, customers holding a ticket purchased before October 28, 2024 and after December 7, 2024, for travel on or after March 3, 2025, will shortly receive an e-mail to regularize payment.
For all bookings made since February 19, 2025, the new tax amount is directly included in the price indicated on the website.
This adjustment complies with article 4.3 of the general terms and conditions of carriage available via this link: General terms and conditions of carriage
Will the customer be able to travel in the event of non-payment?
In the event of non-payment, customers will not be able to check in online and obtain their boarding pass. It will then be necessary to go to the check-in desk to pay the additional fee before being issued a boarding pass. In the absence of payment, the company reserves the right to refuse travel, in accordance with article 7 of the conditions of carriage.
Is a customer who has booked through a travel agency affected?
Customers who have booked through a travel agency will be contacted directly by their distributor if necessary.
If a customer makes an outward and return journey within France, how much tax must he pay?
The tax applies per flight from France and per passenger. Consequently, if a customer makes a round trip within France and on the dates specified above, he will have to pay this tax for his outward and return flights.
If a customer has a booking for an outbound flight from abroad to France and a return flight in the opposite direction, is he affected by the new tax?
For all round-trip bookings on the dates indicated above, where the outbound flight departs from abroad to France and the return flight is in the opposite direction, the customer is only affected by the new tax for the return flight and must pay the tax before the outbound flight.
If a customer is in possession of a ticket purchased between October 28 and December 06, 2024 inclusive, for travel from March 03, 2025 onwards, and has therefore paid the TSBA tax on the previous scale defined by the State, is he eligible for a regularization?
For all bookings made between October 28 and December 6, 2024 inclusive, and for travel on or after March 03, 2025, the customer is eligible for a refund of the difference between the previous scale already paid and the new one in force. The customer can apply for a refund via this link.
*The states concerned within Europe are :
- European Economic Area states: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.
- States less than 1,000km away: Andorra, Swiss Confederation, Monaco, United Kingdom, San Marino.