Super Rich, Private Jets, Super Polluting

The Campaign for Better Transport, think the 'super rich' should have to pay extra tax, each time they fly on a private jet (https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/dec/30/tax-super-rich-private-jet-travel-fund-public-transport-uk-charity). Private jets take relatively few passengers, largely on shortish flights. The Campaign for Better Transport estimate that private jets are between 5 and 14 times more polluting than scheduled flights. Private jet flights also emit about 50 times more carbon dioxide per passenger per kilometre, than taking a rail journey of the same distance. In spite of these facts, people using private jets, currently pay the same Air Passenger Duty (APD), as folk booking a seat on a scheduled airline. Private jet flights also have VAT-free status. The Campaign for Better Transport reckons that, if private jet users were charged a much bigger APD and VAT, this could bring in sufficient finance to subsidise less polluting modes of transport for all. It would certainly follow the principle that 'the polluter should pay'. It might even encourage the 'super rich' to be a less climate-destroying bunch!