"BBC NEWS | UK | Air tax increase comes into force
The first of two rises in UK airport departure tax has come into effect, adding up to £30 to the cost of flying. The price of the shortest flights rises by £1, with Air Passenger Duty on business and first class journeys over 6,000 miles up from £80 to £110."
Isn't the idea of environmental taxes to encourage people to use less harmful forms of transport? If so, surely the tax should be higher for internal flights - where you could take the train instead - and lower for trans-continental flights, where you don't have a choice. Or perhaps this tax is just to raise money...?
BBC NEWS | UK | Air tax increase comes into force
The first of two rises in UK airport departure tax has come into effect, adding up to £30 to the cost of flying. The price of the shortest flights rises by £1, with Air Passenger Duty on business and first class journeys over 6,000 miles up from £80 to £110."
Isn't the idea of environmental taxes to encourage people to use less harmful forms of transport? If so, surely the tax should be higher for internal flights - where you could take the train instead - and lower for trans-continental flights, where you don't have a choice. Or perhaps this tax is just to raise money...?
BBC NEWS | UK | Air tax increase comes into force
