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 on their webiste.
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 move follows last month’s Budget where the Chancellor failed to cut the UK’s air taxes, leaving them the highest in Europe.
By giving passengers an equivalent ‘tax rebate’, Flybe is highlighting just how much APD adds to the cost of flying in the UK, indicating how punitive the tax is not only to those travelling for leisure but also for those conducting business so necessary to the country’s economic success and development.
Source-WUC
