Poll Shows Flight Taxes Hit the Poor Hardest



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    Poll confirms APD as a regressive & unfair tax

    The poll confirms the Government started to treat UK aviation as a revenue raiser under the guise of an environmental tax despite the fact that none of the revenue raised goes towards funding environmental projects.

    APD is "regressive" in that affects those least able to pay. It hurts the ability of kith and kin to visit those abroad. It hurts the very economies the Government would like to be seen as supporting in its posturing to reduce Third World poverty. It adds a layer of taxation, which makes it more difficult for airlines to become profitable when the industry as a whole does NOT make a profit -- ($5+billion loss predicted in 2010 (IATA stats). Without profits airlines cannot easily invest in new efficient fleets which are environmentally more friendly than current generation aircraft. APD is about revenue raising for the UK Treasury, not about helping the environment.

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