Travelmole APD Petition
December 8, 2008Cheapflights.co.uk is very pleased to join with Travelmole in calling for the Travel Industry to petition the Prime Minister to re-think the new four-tier Air Passenger Duty. Cheapflights has been a long-term critic of Air Passenger Duty, and has regularly called for its abolition.
Cheapflights Chief Executive Chris Cuddy says: "We see it as a regressive tax which hurts those consumers least able to afford it as well as damaging developing countries dependent on tourism. Furthermore, APD revenue is not applied to environmental projects and does not lead to "environmentally efficient" full planes - it does the opposite and harms the travel industry. Air travel is the only viable mode of transport for both UK leisure and business travellers for mid to long haul destinations. APD needs to be reconsidered since travel contributes significantly to the UK's GDP and is a major UK employer."
Please take a minute to sign up to the online APD petition now.
