Authorities at Heathrow, London’s busiest airport, want air taxes on domestic flights to be scrapped jack taylor/Getty ImagesAir taxes should be scrapped on UK domestic flights to stimulate growth, according to Heathrow. Britain’s biggest airport said that passengers paid £225 million more in taxes on domestic flights compared with peers in other parts of Europe. In a letter to the chancellor today, it calls for air passenger duty (APD) to be dropped on domestic flights to increase the number of routes. Ministers have long insisted that Heathrow’s plans for a third runway will create more domestic routes, gaining support for the policy from Scottish and Northern Irish MPs. The letter will be seen as a warning that expansion could be under threat unless APD, which adds £26 to the price of a domestic return flight, is scrapped.

Source: The Times September 19, 2017 23:02 UTC