+ APD flight tax reduction

From 1 April Air Passenger Duty (APD) is revised with the domestic rate reduced to £6.50 (50% of the current £13). Please see Business Travel News 1 November 2021 for full details.

As always the sharpest of airlines in keeping up with the news, Ryanair has announced a whole series of nine new domestic routes detailed below.

However in keeping with its policy in challenging the UK Government on many air travel matters (and the EU plus other countries too) Ryanair’s Head of Communications, Jade Kirwan, said: “Ryanair calls again on the UK Government to fully abolish APD for all travel immediately, which would not only promote tourism, but also support job growth, and much needed connectivity to the UK – an island-based economy on the edge of Europe.”

Ryanair operates from Belfast International Airport.  See EasyJet and Northern Ireland in this month's TNU.

TNU details the new routes:

• Belfast International (BHD) to Cardiff (CWL), East Midlands (EMA), Edinburgh (EDI), Manchester (MAN) and Stansted (STN). 
• Bournemouth (BOU) to Edinburgh (EDI).
• Edinburgh (EDI) to Newquay (NQY) and Stansted (STN).
• Newquay (NQY) to Stansted (STN).

www.ryanair.com

www.gov.uk/guidance/rates-and-allowances-for-air-passenger-duty

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David Starkie, United Kingdom

Good news domestic front but not if flying to Oz for which the rate has increased.