Yesterday the UK’s top airlines put aside their differences to urge the government toscrap APD to help more families afford a holiday and boost tourism, jobs and investment in the UK. Several industry heads sent through their responses to the announcement and they all welcomed the united and high-profile approach.
“It is a measure of the industry’s concern to see often conflicting airlines coming together like this to communicate a message of the utmost urgency and significance,” said Hugo Burge,CEO at Cheap flights. “Air Passenger Duty has the potential to cripple vitally-needed growth in the UK aviation industry – it has already deterred UK travelers, who now have to pay up to