Originally Posted by
SWBKCB
I'd have a look at the news as to what might happen if the Welsh government reduced APD to zero
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I doubt many of those protestors know even where Wales is let alone Cardiff. Also if they wanted to target countries with low APD why are there not demonstrations in Dublin?
APD would come off the block grant but i'd have thought the Welsh government would see it as an investment in Wales by attracting new airlines and routes and in the Flybe case keeping an airline to continue to operate routes and continue to provide people with jobs in the area. Also lets not forget APD has already been devolved to Scotland and long haul to Northern Ireland with the treasury looking into devoling short haul APD to Northern Ireland as well.
My question is more just me wondering out aloud in whether it would've made a difference in their decision and turned an apparently non profitable base into a profitable one in which they would've kept the base in place.