Low income communities and those in ethnic minorities will suffer the most from APD hikes, according to a new poll.
More than 60% of people in society’s lowest socio-economic groups and two-thirds of ethnic minorities said that the rises last November would affect how much they could travel to see relatives abroad. This compares to 55% of the general population reporting a similar situation.
The poll, commissioned by aviation pressure group Flight Matters, suggested the tax would further discourage travel by these groups when more hikes happen this November.
FlyingMatters chairman Brian Wilson said: “The increases in flight tax will hit these people hard with poorer families and ethnic minorities suffering most. It is a deeply regressive tax. Many of these people are being taxed out of the right to visit their loved ones. This is deeply unfair and politically insensitive.”
