Increase in air passenger duty tax will hit already stretched working families

Increase in air passenger duty tax will hit already stretched working families


The government's increase in air passenger duty – due to come into force on Monday - will affect every passenger, pricing some UK families out of having a holiday, increase costs to businesses and put jobs at risk.

Brendan Gold, Unite civil aviation national secretary, said: “This is a retrograde step which will increase the burden on passengers, putting even more jobs at risk.”

Brian Boyd, Unite civil aviation national officer, said: “There are hundreds of thousands of jobs in the UK’s civil aviation industry, many are still under threat as a result of the recession. This is simply not the time to increase taxes, hurting the UK aviation industry and helping our rivals.”