APD played a part in AIR SW demise
I think the government's APD has also had an impact on Air SW viability. It is obscene that airport users in economically deprived peripheral areas pay the same as congested London airports. I know the government will say they want more people to travel by train, BUT train travel is not always viable from the far southwest! Try catching a train from Glasgow to Truro. All these fancy new high speed trainlines they are building from London will NEVER come to the South West peninsular, they will stop at Bristol or the Welsh Assmbly will lobby them to go to Swansea. The government needs to reduce APD on passengers using regional airports now.