Ryanair issues alert to customers instructing them to pay more for flights they've already booked

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Ryanair has issued an urgent alert to several of its customers, instructing them to pay more for flights that they have already booked and paid for.

Passengers who have booked flights to Belgium from April 1 will be impacted by these additional charges. A number of travellers were contacted by Ryanair via email to be told how much extra they would have to pay, Liverpool Echo reports.The email reads: "On 25 March 2022, Belgium introduced a new flight tax on passengers departing Belgium from 1 April 2022."This means that even if a passenger booked a flight before 25 March, which is due to depart Belgium on or after 1 April, we must pay this new tax to the Belgian government."This new tax is charged at the rate of between €2 and €10 depending on destination."It is understood that the applicable tax in respect to flights to the UK is €4 per passenger.The Belgian Embarkation Tax, which comes into effect from April 1, was first proposed by the country’s government last October on distances of less than 500 km in order to encourage alternatives.However, it will now apply to all flights, including passengers travelling by private plane or helicopter. Don't miss the latest news from around Scotland and beyond - Sign up to our daily newsletter here.