the British government call the APD a 'green tax' although I doubt any of the money goes to environmental programmes.
well, you have that right..
from 2009..
Chancellor Alistair Darling has admitted that Air Passenger Duty (APD) is a tax to help fight the banking crisis, according to reports.
Speaking in London last month, Darling told
The Journal: "I am quite blunt about it, we need to raise money to pay for some things we have done.
"If unemployment goes up there is a cost obviously to the family, there is cost in increased benefits, Northern Rock has cost a lot of money."
A Treasury spokesman confirmed to Travel Weekly APD has always been a "revenue raising instrument".
Darling admits APD will help pay for banking crisis - www.travelweekly.co.uk