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IATA: APD freeze is good news for Britain

Geneva, Switzerland - But UK passengers still highest taxed in the world

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer's decision not to increase the Air Passenger Duty (APD), announced in his Budget Statement yesterday. IATA continues to urge the UK to commit to abandoning completely its APD—long touted as an environmental tax—if plans continue for aviation to join the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in 2012. IATA str...

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Rome, Italy, 03/24/2011 19:30
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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