Flybe is offering to pay Air Passenger Duty on behalf of customers for a limited time to highlight the ‘punitive tax’.
It will pay the tax for new bookings made online from Friday April 5 until Tuesday April 9 for travel from October 27 to October 25 2014.
The ‘tax rebate’ effectively lowers one-way fares by £13, and by £26 on return UK domestic fares.
Flybe will also be presenting a petition to the Chancellor of the Exchequer calling upon him to introduce a fair deal for UK domestic aviation and is asking customers to show their support by signing the petition at www.flybe.com/taxrebate
Managing director Andrew Strong said: "The entire aviation industry was disappointed that, in the face of compelling evidence, the Chancellor did nothing in last month’s budget to lower UK APD which remains the highest in Europe.
"The Government penalises domestic passengers who have to pay double the tax, while those flying abroad pay just once because APD is a departure tax from a UK airport and that can’t be fair."
