March 2011
AOA supports the fair tax on flying campaign
The Fair Tax on Flying www.facebook.com/afairtaxonflying
Fair Tax on Flying campaign members include: ABTA, ANTOR, AOA, British Airways, BAA, BAR UK, BATA, BMI, Bristol Airport, ETOA, Gatwick Airport, Jet2, Lastminute.com, Leeds Bradford Airport, London City Airport, Luton Airport, Manchester Airport Group, Manston Airport, Monarch, Newcastle Airport, The Caribbean Council, Blackpool Airport, The co-operative travel, Thomas Cook, Tourism Alliance, TUI Travel PLC, ukinbound and Virgin Atlantic.
The alliance have set five tests that they are asking the Government to take into account as they review the overall structure or level of aviation tax:
- Will any revision increase the overall amount travellers pay to fly to and from the UK?
- Will any change be designed to be offset by the income from the UK’s inclusion in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)?
- Will a new approach remove the unfairness that travellers buying a premium economy ticket for a few extra inches of legroom are classed the same as first class travellers and pay double the rate of tax?
- Will any new policy address concerns that defining bands by national capital cities creates unhelpful exceptions that are unfair to passengers and damage destinations?
- Has the policy’s impact on destinations, trade and tourism been adequately understood and considered?
For further information see the campaign page a Fair Tax on Flying 
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Please also sign the The Daily Telegraph petition
View Telegraph Fair Tax on Flying advertisement (March 2011)