Cost of flying increases following rises in UK air passenger duty
1 February 2007The cost of flying from UK airports increased today after the UK government imposed hikes in air passenger duty.
Under measures announced by Chancellor Gordon Brown in his pre-Budget report in the autumn, short-haul passengers in the lowest class of travel will pay 10 stg in duty from Feb 1, up from 5 stg, and in other classes they will pay 20 stg, up from 10 stg.
source: ABC Money
