Germany is already in the middle of the election campaign, as the Bundestag elections are due in autumn 2021. The Greens, among others, are pushing for airline tickets to be artificially made more expensive and for short-haul flights to be banned if possible. Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) is opposing this in a newspaper interview. In some countries, including Austria, politicians - particularly from the Green Party - are of the opinion that flying should be artificially made more expensive at all costs. This is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions because fewer flights will be made. In some countries, there is support for this from the Social Democrats, who expect better working conditions and higher pay for staff. The latter is probably wishful thinking, because airlines do not generate any additional revenue from possible higher taxes. Switzerland intended to drastically increase the price of tickets through the so-called CO2 law. However, the Federal Council did not take the host, i.e. the population, into account. The majority of the population rejected the plan in a referendum. This means that the plans to artificially make flight tickets more expensive through higher taxes are on hold – at least for the time being. In an interview with Bild am Sonntag, Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) expressed the view that “flying must not become a privilege of the rich.” The politician continued: “It is pointless to keep increasing flight prices. It would be better for climate protection to increase research into synthetic fuels so that climate-neutral flying is ultimately possible. And we must expand the railways, invest more money in public transport and