The new tax on large airports, designed by the government to finance the development of rail in the country, will be “partly” passed on to the price of plane tickets, if Augustin de Romanet is to be believed. Questioned this Thursday on France Inter on the subject of the finance bill, the CEO of ADP (Aéroports de Paris) estimated that if this tax were voted on in Parliament, the prices of plane tickets would increase “of the order of 1.50 euros per passenger.
Then asked about what this tax could cost him, the boss of ADP estimated that this cost would be of the order of “120 million euros per year”, “between 100 and 120 million euros”, a- he specified, in view of an annual profit which was of the order of “500 million euros last year”. “You know, it’s a tax that is proposed by the government, it’s its responsibility, voted by Parliament, it’s its responsibility (…) but everyone has their responsibilities,” he said. , saying he was ready to “defend the interests of all shareholders” of ADP.
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Even if it means taking the State to court? Augustin de Romanet does not say no. “I believe that we must wait for Parliament to vote on this tax and then it will be up to me to see to what extent I react,” he explained, while the Union of French Airports – of which the ADP group is party – threatens to take legal action against this measure so that it does not see the light of day. Assuring that the dialogue between ADP and the State must remain a company-to-shareholder dialogue, the boss of Paris airports claims “to have expressed to the government the legal analyzes that could be made” of this text, and “we are in a state by right”.
“As far as I am concerned, I have nothing to do other than verify that the law applies. And naturally, it’s not even an option, it’s a duty,” he continued. Before adding: “Everyone must play their role (…) As far as I am concerned, I have responsibilities, I will only exercise my responsibilities but all my responsibilities”, considering that it was entirely possible to take the State to court, as “EDF” did at the beginning of the year. “Everything depends on the law that will be passed and the legal analyzes that will be produced for me by my colleagues,” he concluded.