ABTA is encouraging its members and the wider industry, including staff working in the travel sector, to write to their MPs about the need to cut Air Passenger Duty (APD) in the upcoming autumn budget, which Chancellor Philip Hammond will be delivering on October 29.
The high rate of APD in Britain ? double that of Germany ? was widely discussed by speakers at the ABTA conference, held earlier this month in Seville. ABTA is a founding member of the ?A Fair Tax on Flying? campaign and has been working with campaign partners to lobby the government and parliamentarians to cut APD by 50%.
ABTA is encouraging its Members to write to their local MP to highlight the negative impact APD has on travel routes and costs. A template email is available from www.afairtaxonflying.org/find-your-mp/. The email asks MPs to write to the Chancellor urging him to cut APD in the forthcoming budget and register to support the campaign.
