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Jun29

UK Air Passenger Duty anomaly

Permalink | 29/06/10 | Categories: Airlines, Customer, Railways, Ticketing, State of the ART | by: A Sharp English (UK)

According to a recent issue of the weekly electronic newsletter AERBT (An Executive Review of Business Travel), there are several anomalies in the UK's present system of Air Passenger Duty (APD).

One of these discourages passengers from rail + air journeys in favour of air + air journeys.

If you fly economy class from (say) Newcastle to Heathrow and then Business Class on to New York, you pay APD on the first leg of your journey only - the economy class domestic trip.

If however you go by train from Newcastle to London then fly out Business Class to New York, you pay APD at Business Class rates for the transatlantic journey - significantly more.

Click to visit www.aerbt.co.uk, the AERBT website

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