ABTA want air tax axed
27.03.09
The Government is being urged to take a lead from their Dutch counterparts and scrap Air Passenger Duty. The call came from ABTA, who said that as the UK enters a severe recession APD will ‘exacerbate the problems already being encountered by the aviation and tourist industries with significant falls in passenger numbers’.
ABTA says that the announcement by the Dutch government that it plans to scrap its airport tax as part of its economic support measures will have the added effect of encouraging airlines to bypass the UK and re-route to Dutch airports with further damage to the UK’s economy.
The association’s head of development Andy Cooper said: ‘The UK government must finally see sense and scrap or reduce Air Passenger Duty if we are to avoid significant damage to the UK’s aviation and tourist industries. The Dutch government’s plan to bin their aviation tax will greatly benefit their economy with the added effect of yet more airlines giving up on over-taxed Britain and rerouting to the continent.’
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