BAA calls for APD rethink

: Latest News; Monday, 20 December 2010

The British Airports Authority (BAA) has called on the UK government to reduce its recently increased Air Passenger Duty (APD), the tax on flights to and from the UK.

BAA urged the government to copy the Irish government, which will cut its air travel tax by 70 per cent for a limited time from March 2011.

"The Irish recognise aviation is fundamental to their recovery and this isvery much something ministers in the UK need to take note of," Nigel Milton, policy director at Heathrow airport reportedly said.

The Netherlands has gone further, removing air tax completely after research showed the EUR300 million income was dwarfed by economic losses estimated at around EUR1.3 billion.

According to BAA, last month's APD increase makes the UK's air tax the highest in the world.

BAA calls for APD rethink

Latest News

Monday, 20 December 2010

The British Airports Authority (BAA) has called on the UK government to reduce its recently increased Air Passenger Duty (APD), the tax on flights to and from the UK.

BAA urged the government to copy the Irish government, which will cut its air travel tax by 70 per cent for a limited time from March 2011.

The Netherlands has gone further, removing air tax completely after research showed the EUR300 million income was dwarfed by economic losses estimated at around EUR1.3 billion.

According to BAA, last month's APD increase makes the UK's air tax the highest in the world.