Good point N1,
the £10 tax is paid by all domestic and UK departures economy, £20 business.
Longhaul pax pay 4 times as much.
The breakdown of air traffic in 2005 was 129 mil. Europe, 26 mil. domestic. 22 mil. US and 25 mil. the rest, both of which would be longhaul. Estimating that F+C take up, say, 4% of all flight capacity on shorthaul and 10 % on longhaul, that gives you over £3,6 bn on annual revenue. Nifty.
There might be a caveat in that only outbounds are taxed which would bring my figure to £1,8bn, close enough to yours.
And yet all I hear is that's not enough, the tax won't arrest the growth of CO2 production by UK aviation and an argument that the impact will be borne by poor starving black kids in Africa, thrown in for good measure.
Anyone else holding their breath about taxation of Jet A1 being kicked about anytime soon?
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