Aviation: Taxation

(asked on 1st February 2017) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will respond to EDM 572, Frequent Flyer Levy campaign.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 9th February 2017

The Government believes that Air Passenger Duty fulfils effectively the same function as a Frequent Flier Levy as the nature of the tax is that those who fly more and further pay more than those who do not. For example, a business passenger who makes a long-haul journey four times a year pays £571 more in tax than an economy passenger who flies only once to a short-haul destination.

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