THE next British government must levy a £1,000-a-head tax on private jets, the Scottish Greens demanded today.

The call came in response to Greenpeace research showing as many as 90,000 of the flights take off from the UK every year.

Analysis from campaigners at Transport & Environment has revealed the flights generate between five and 14 times more pollution than commercial aircraft, and a staggering 50 times more than trains.

Announcing the plans ahead of their manifesto launch later this week, Scottish Green co-leader Lorna Slater said: “It is obscene that a small number of very wealthy people are jetting around the globe in climate-wrecking private jets.

“There is absolutely no justification for something so needless and destructive, not when the stakes are so high and the consequences are so severe.

“By introducing a super tax on these flights we can cut the number of jets in our sky and ensure that those who are polluting our planet are paying for the damage they are doing.

“We urgently need to reduce aviation emissions if we are to have any hope of a sustainable future.”