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Title: 50% fall in domestic air passenger duty from 1 April
Post by: TaplowGreen on March 26, 2023, 10:05:51
Boost for domestic flights and airlines.....

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/air-passenger-duty-tax-flights-b2307530.html


Title: Re: 50% fall in domestic air passenger duty from 1 April
Post by: broadgage on March 26, 2023, 11:03:36
And a boost to carbon dioxide emissions. So much for moving towards net zero.


Title: Re: 50% fall in domestic air passenger duty from 1 April
Post by: ChrisB on March 26, 2023, 12:00:48
Agreed, we oughf tobegin by emulating what France are doing for all domestic flights on mainland uk where rail can be within a couple of hours of door to door flights.

It’ll be unteresting to see the effect on Lumo.


Title: Re: 50% fall in domestic air passenger duty from 1 April
Post by: infoman on March 27, 2023, 02:39:28
at least the young guns from the London area could give the train a miss for the board masters event in August



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