Originally Posted by thijsseh

Visa rules yes, but I don't see how APD has anything to do with this. APD is just a (quite hight) 'airport tax', and is even higher when travelling in any cabin higher than the cheapest (i.e. premium economy attracts the same level of APD as first class). It is charged directly by the airline to the passenger. And there is no APD on connections, ensuring that travel to other European countries (and non-European ones for that matter) is not affected by this.