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Old 22nd Dec 2006, 13:41
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Originally Posted by ZH875
FIDO, wow, the Chancellor has just seen lots of ££££££'s in extra revenue, just think, he could mandate that airports bring in FIDO, and then sit back and count the Fuel Duty and VAT as it pours in.
Power it with Avtur rather than petrol and the chancellor won't see a penny on fuel duty/VAT.

Of cousre that may be stretching the defination of 'aviation use' rather than 'ground use'.
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