‘Hands off our holiday’ APD campaign launched today
11.07.11
A campaign to try to put pressure on the Government to drop a planned rise in air passenger duty (APD) was launched today at a number of airports, with campaigners handing leaflets to passengers declaring ‘Hands off our holiday, Mr Taxman’, and promoting a website that will allow people to email their MP and share their views.
Chancellor George Osborne froze APD in the Budget in March, but plans a substantial rise next April to compensate. Passengers at Gatwick, Luton, London City, Glasgow, Liverpool, Newcastle, Bristol, Belfast International and Newquay were greeted today by airport staff wearing T-shirts sporting the 'hands off our holiday' logo.
The campaign group released poll findings saying 3 out of 4 people oppose a rise in APD next year, and of these almost half said the tax should be cut. The poll suggests only 6% of the population support an increase.
The ‘Hands off our holiday’ campaign is backed by the Airport Operators Association (AOA), Board of Airline Representatives in the UK (BAR-UK) and British Air Transport Association (BATA). It is urging people to email their MP via the website www.handsoffourholiday.com.
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