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Tories Pushing For Taxes On Domestic Flights

Tue, 11 Sep 2007

UK holidaymakers could face being taxed on short-haul flights within the UK under a Conservative government, a new report has revealed.

A 'Quality of Life' report from the Tories is expected to recommend that short-haul domestic flights are taxed as part of a package of green initiatives, according to the Guardian.

The opposition party is reported to have abandoned plans to tax air passengers on flights exceeding a fixed number of air miles per year, but a policy review group led by millionaire ecologist Zac Goldsmith is expected to put forth the proposals this week.

Speaking to the Guardian, Mr Goldmsith said: "You cannot be serious about climate change or quality of life issues unless you address the very, very difficult issues in relation to short-haul flights ."

The news follows the Conservative revelation that the recently doubled Air Passenger Duty – which caused travel industry uproar – is not directly liked to carbon emissions and has not encouraged airlines to be more fuel efficient.

In addition, the ‘Quality of Life’ report package also includes a doubling of landfill tax for businesses and mandatory best practice policies for supermarket waste disposal.
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