Debate is raging in Germany on how often low-income households fly to #Mallorca with low-cost airlines, and how bad any flight tax would affect them.
Let's have a look at the data, shall we? [THREAD]
Let's have a look at the data, shall we? [THREAD]
Just 8% of overnight trips by households with "very low" income is by air (11% for "low" income). It's 17% in the richest group.
Note that rail follows the opposite pattern: 36% among the poorest, 17% among the richest.
Note that rail follows the opposite pattern: 36% among the poorest, 17% among the richest.
KEEP IN MIND THOUGH: these are figures where 100% is the total of overnight trips made by each income group.
And richer people make many more overnight trips over a period of 3 months (2.8 on average) as compared to the poor (0.7-0.9)
And richer people make many more overnight trips over a period of 3 months (2.8 on average) as compared to the poor (0.7-0.9)
The MIT online tool doesn't give you figures on average no. of overnight trips by mode by income. But it's easy enough to calculate.
➡️Low-income: 0.2-0.4 flights per person per year.
➡️Very-high income: *2.9* flights per person per year.
➡️Low-income: 0.2-0.4 flights per person per year.
➡️Very-high income: *2.9* flights per person per year.
Sorry this tweet is wrong: it's 26% among the richest
https://twitter.com/giulio_mattioli/status/1404090302319714305
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