Regional airline Flybe claims its passengers have double the reason to object to the unfair APD tax as they have to pay it twice.
As Air Passenger Duty is a departure tax, domestic flights in the UK have to pay the tax on both legs of their journey while passengers flying overseas would only pay the tax as they left the UK.
Flybe says a domestic passenger pays £13 tax on both legs of their journey, adding an additional £26 to the cost of their return ticket.
Niall Duffy, Flybe’s head of PR and public affairs said: "So, for example, a return passenger travelling between Exeter and Manchester (188 miles) pays double the tax that someone flying between Glasgow and Dalaman in Eastern Turkey does (4,086 miles). That is not just inequitable – it is scandalous."
The airline claims thousands of Flybe passengers have already contacted their MPs as part of the Fair Tax on Flying campaign which has seen more than 100,000 emails flood in.
