Air traffic is increasingly leading to more noise, pollution, and airport construction. One reason for this is the growth in low-cost passenger flights, often to holiday destinations

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Air traffic is increasingly leading to more noise, pollution, and airport construction. One 
reason for this is the growth in low-cost passenger flights, often to holiday destinations. 
Some people say that government should try to reduce air traffic by taxing it more 
heavily. 
Do you agree or disagree? 
In recent times, the increasing number of budget flights for holiday-makers has led to the 
construction of airports, noise and pollution. It has been argued that raising taxes 
significantly on flights would be an appropriate answer to these issues. Although raised 
taxes would decrease the number of flights, I am of the opinion that this action would do 
more harm than good. 
Raised taxes on air traffic would naturally result in fewer flights and this would be 
advantageous for a number of reasons. Firstly, with the resulting reduction in flights, fewer 
airports would need to be constructed. This may be a good outcome because airports are 
very costly for governments seeing that expensive infrastructure such as roads and rail lines 
are required to reach them. Secondly, with fewer flights comes less pollution. This would 
be a great result for the environment because aircraft run on fossil fuels and significantly 
contribute to global warming. 
However, there are significant drawbacks associated with decreased numbers of people 
flying. First of all, this tax would lead to many job losses. Airlines and airports employ many 
thousands of people and without them mass unemployment would be the alternative. In 
addition, considering the fact that many of these flights are to tourism destinations, the 
economies of tourist hotspots would be severely damaged. This would greatly reduce the 
income of restaurants and equipment hire business and devastate entire communities. 
In conclusion, while raised taxes may seem like a good idea, I believe that the negative 
effects of this change would be far greater than any of its possible advantages.