The flight tax applies to travellers aged 16 and upwards Taxes on domestic flights could be raised to help fill the black hole in government finances, it has emerged. Finance experts suggest the move would also fit a Labour agenda to drive people away from flying between UK cities to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Air Passenger Duty (APD) on domestic flight economy class was cut by the Tories from £13 to £6.
50 in April 2023, before being put back up to £7 in April this year. Illustrative figures suggest that if APD was increased by £1 for all passengers in economy class, it would raise an additional £130m in 2025/26. Consequently, taking it back up to the original figure of £13 would increase takings from the flight tax up by £780m year.
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