Grant Shapps is well down the food chain on this one, so won't be calling the shots.
BBC - Flybe: UK air passenger duty cut considered to save airline
The government is to consider cutting air passenger duty on all domestic flights as part of a plan to save regional airline Flybe from collapse.
Improving connectivity outside of London was a key Conservative manifesto pledge and at least one of Flybe's routes, between Newquay and London, is subsidised by the government.
The amount depends on the destination and class of travel. Under current rules, passengers on domestic flights pay £13 in APD for a single journey, with higher rates for longer flights and premium cabins.
Flybe is a long-time critic of air passenger duty which it said disproportionately burdens its domestic customers because they have to pay it each time they take off from a UK airport.
As there is already differentiated rates for different classes/flight lengths, there should be no problem setting a separate rate (i.e. zero!) for domestic flights.