BA want changes to APD bands and no premium on premium economy
17.06.11
British Airways has responded to the Government's consultation on APD, calling for two distance bands instead of four, equal tax on economy and premium economy seats, and a phasing out of the levy altogether by 2013 when carbon trading comes in to effect.
BA says the distance bands should be below 2000 miles and above 2000 miles, which would ‘help to address the current disproportionate burden on long-haul flights, and the discrepancies that arise by using capital cities to determine bands’. The airline says that in the last two years, APD on long haul has risen by between 50% and 112%, while the rise for short haul has been 20%.
The airline also said that it is much more reasonable to tax premium economy seats at the lower rate charged to economy seats than classifying it with club and upper class seats. It also wants the Government to start phasing out the levy once revenues from the European Union’s Emission Trading Scheme start flowing to the UK Treasury in 2013.
The consultation on the reform of APD closes today.
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