Cost of foreign holidays to soar by £100s thanks to Net Zero just days after PM approved UK ‘tourist tax’

MEETING Net Zero targets could put hundreds of pounds on the price of holiday flights, experts warn.

Jetting to Benidorm on the Costa Blanca would be £150 more by 2050 — and a plane to New York £400 more expensive.

It comes as Labour mayors plan a tax of up to five per cent on overnight stays here.

The flight price hike warnings comes after the Climate Change Committee (CCC), which advises the Government, says the industry should pay for pollution-cutting measures, which will probably be passed on to passengers.

Tim Alderslade, of industry body Airlines UK, said it could “price ordinary people out of the joys of travel”.

CCC chair Nigel Topping, however, said the “polluter pays principle must apply”.

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It said expansion could boost the economy by £40billion and support 60,000 local jobs.

It added: “We will carefully consider the CCC’s advice.”

The Government aims to hit Net Zero by 2050.

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