Originally Posted by
Magellan
I finally managed to get a quote out of Loganair for Mrs M and myself, return, CAX-SEN total fare £164 PLUS total tax: £143.40 Total = £307.40, the vexed Air Passenger Duty issue raised its ugly head.
The topic isn't fully understood by the public at large (or so it seems to me, judging from conversations I've had with bemused friends and neighbours, all of whom are quick to assert that there's no tax to pay on top of the cost of railway tickets) and so long as it's misconstrued to be a nice little earner for HM Treasury, consumer antipathy is going to continue on. How much leeway Carlisle Airport itself has in regard to the APD level applicable,
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For a route like this and allowing for recommended check-in times plus onward travel to and from Southend travellers should be encouraged by taxation to use trains and not planes due to environmental issues and trying to save the planet.