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APD hopes are dashed

Friday, 24 Oct, 2011 0

The industry’s campaign for a fairer Air Passenger Duty has been dealt a blow by the Treasury.

Chloe Smith, the new economic secretary to the Treasury, told MPs on Friday that she could not “promise the House that APD will be cut in the near future”.

She said the Government needed to be “frank about the situation in which we find ourselves” and pledged to continue close dialogue with airports, airlines, and other travel organizations.

She acknowledged concerns from some MPs about anomalies in the banding structures, particularly on flights to Caribbean destinations.

Smith said she would “hold a series of meetings with stakeholders on that subject”.

Smith also tackled the question of whether APD should be lower from UK regional airports than from London.

“It is fair to say there is no consensus on the matter,” she said.

“Some regional airports have asked us to consider lower APD rates for the regions, but several airlines have asked us to consider the opposite.”

by Bev Fearis



 

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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.



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