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APD will hit low income families hardest – Cheapflights boss
The boss of Cheapflights has joined industry criticism of the rejection of the Federation of Tour Operator’s legal challenge to the doubling of Air Passenger Duty (see previous TravelMole story)
The online price comparison company said it supports any initiative to reduce global emissions of CO2 and other global warming gases.
But it questioned the effectiveness, apart from raising revenue for the Treasury, of unilateral UK action through the “blunt instrument” of direct taxation on the UK aviation industry.
CEO David Soskin said: “APD receipts have, of course, not been used by the Government to improve the environment but rather imposed as a stealth tax which is an increasingly important £2 billion contributor to the Chancellor’s tax pot.
“This tax – and any other financial deterrent measures to reduce flying by the UK public – will hit lower income families hardest and risks returning flying to the post-WWII preserve of the elite including, of course politicians, paid for by the public purse.”
by Phil Davies
Phil Davies
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