Originally Posted by
willy wombat
Every month on the Edinburgh thread there is a (gloating?) post about how much traffic growth there has been vs previous year. What incentive is there for the SG to cut APD? If it halved it, you would need twice as many passengers to achieve the same tax take. That's not going to happen and the SG needs all the revenue it can get.
Come on, it is not gloating, it genuinely is impressive growth despite APD being still in place and only those that for some reason are against EDI being successful would see it as that.
An APD cut would surely make more direct long haul routes from EDI (and GLA) more attractive and that should be welcomed. The shorter European routes look after themselves really and will be less affected but I for one would prefer to have change aircraft at hubs less often if it can be avoided through more direct links.
The cut in APD was in the SNP manifesto after all was it not?