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Old Sep 18, 2016 | 2:44 am
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Originally Posted by lhrsfo
From the UK, there is no VAT on them which seems strange. I'm guessing that the greatest value would be for flights going outside the EU and thus would be exempt which perhaps is why VAT is not added, or perhaps it's by international treaty. But the lack of VAT is made up for by APD.
The lack of VAT on domestic flights is something to do with competiton laws keeping things the same as other forms of transport I believe.
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