{"id":619,"date":"2007-02-21T18:47:11","date_gmt":"2007-02-21T18:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=619"},"modified":"2007-02-21T18:47:11","modified_gmt":"2007-02-21T18:47:11","slug":"uk_air_passenger_duty_doubled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/uk_air_passenger_duty_doubled\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Air Passenger Duty Doubled"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I noted in an earlier entry, the UK Government has, with very short notice, doubled the Air Passenger Duty (APD) also known as a “tax” for passengers who fly to or from the UK. Story here<\/a> and here<\/a>.
\nAlthough this won’t be a big deal for corporate types who fly there on business or rich folk or gov’t types, here is how it breaks down for the rest of us…
\n* Economy class flights in Europe, internal UK flights – \u00a310
\n* Business and first class flights in Europe – \u00a320
\n* Economy class long-haul flights – \u00a340
\n* Business and first class long-haul flights – \u00a380
\nOf particular interest to the back\/flash packer crowd are the amounts for economy class tickets. Since back\/flash packers normally fly the cheapest fare they can find, these taxes hit them at a greater percentage than it would for a rich corporate government bigshot.
\nEconomy long haul flights to and from the UK will be taxed at \u00a340 (US$78) each way. That means that out of any ticket you buy that ends up in the UK, US$156 of that will be tax. That makes the US$299 r\/t deal to London sound a lot less palatable, dun it?
\nNow, US$156 can buy you a nifty ticket on Ryanair or Easyjet to other parts of Europe. Neat. But wait, you’ll have to pay \u00a320 round trip for that trip. Or US$78 plus the price of your ticket. Dun sound like a bargain anymore does it?
\nThe worst part of this tax is that it’s supposed to go “to the environment”. Nothing more. No further details. Sounds like a slush fund for Labour and a virtual mugging of travelers to me!
\nBut here’s a bright spot. This is greater incentive to visit the City of Light instead. Despite the language barrier, the food’s better and the cigars are cheaper. And for US$129.50 (less than the tax) you can take Eurostar into London if you must go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I noted in an earlier entry, the UK Government has, with very short notice, doubled the Air Passenger Duty (APD) also known as a “tax” for passengers who fly to or from the UK. Story here and here. Although this won’t be a big deal for corporate types who fly there on business or … <\/p>\n

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