ABTA plan summer APD campaign
30.05.09
ABTA is to coordinate a summer campaign to make holidaymakers aware of Government plans to increase air passenger duty (APD). Among measures being considered by the group are handing out leaflets on aircraft and including them in holiday documents, to highlight the increases in APD and encourage people to put pressure on their local MPs to scrap them.
APD currently costs from £10 to £80, depending upon seat class and destination. However, from November 1, there will be four bands of APD, depending on mileage. Those in economy will pay from £11 to £55, with people travelling in anything other than the lowest class of travel paying from £22 to £110. From November 1 2010, the charges will rise again.
Andy Cooper, development director at ABTA, said: ‘We have not finalised our plans yet, but if we can highlight the issue to the public and encourage them to write to their MPs, that might be successful. Most people are not really aware of the changes and how much they will have to pay. We believe that if the rates should stay as they are to reflect the environmental impact of flying.’
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