RYANAIR has 180 odd 737's on order and EASYJET are taking delivery of a new AIRBUS every 12 days on average...then Gordon Brown doubles Air Departure Duty, plus five interest rate rises and the airlines become the whipping boys for the 'Green' lobby.
What a monumental own goal to destroy such a successful industry.
I suppose next this Labour government will give permission for a third runway at Heathrow. What startling hypocrisy.
Whilst there is no tax on aviation fuel, it is being paid via ADD. At least the aviation industry contributes to the coffers of the treasury..unlike railways, which would not survive without their enormous subsidies.
However the airlines have only themselves to blame. Air fares are too cheap and the government has seen an opportunity to cash in.