Just what we need- even _higher_ taxes:
http://travel.guardian.co.uk/news/st...075383,00.html
Alarm at planned airport tax hikes
Desmond Balmer
Saturday November 1, 2003
The Guardian
Airlines and travel companies have reacted with alarm at reports that the government is planning to double airport tax. But they face strenuous arguments from environment campaigners for the ear of chancellor Gordon Brown.
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It is understood that the Department of Transport and the Treasury are proposing to raise the duty from £5 to £10 on economy flights within Britain and from Britain to Europe, and from £20 to £40 for other destinations.
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A spokesperson for British Airways said: "It is hard to justify another rise in duty when it will serve only to put fares up and provide extra revenue for the Treasury."