Posts Tagged ‘
APD ’
Jan 14th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Today might reveal whether I have been wrong over the years and that the exchequer will agree to remove the tax without having a revenue source to replace it!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Will APD go?
Tags: APD, APD abolition, Eastern Airways, Flybe, Loganair
Jul 22nd, 2019 |
By The Editor
Why should the individual be pilloried? We travel on what is available
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on A carbon emission tax?
Tags: aircraft carbon emissions, APD, cutting carbon emissions
Jul 13th, 2019 |
By Adrian Lawes
New eco-taxes in France, compulsory travel insurance in Thailand then some music festivals made Adrian a little less grumpier than when he started writing this week’s column.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 13th of July 2019
Tags: APD, Cairngorm funicular railway, Delta, departure taxes, eco-taxes, Fishguard International Music Festival, France, Jim Clark Motorsport Museum, Magnetic Opera Festival, Proms, Thailand, Verbier Festival
Jun 16th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Frankly both politicians and airports in Great Britain are happy with this heightened emphasis on climate change.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on The 180 degree turn
Tags: air taxes, APD, Climate Change
May 8th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Abolishing the tax was the policy in 2016 yet climate change was on the agenda then just as it is now. It seems that the Scottish government’s view is that the emissions issue only became crucial this year!
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on What price a manifesto pledge?
Tags: ADT (Air Departure Tax), APD, cutting carbon emissions, SNP
May 8th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Recently, a specialist tour operator, Responsible Travel, issued a manifesto which – among other things – called upon the UK government to increase APD to dissuade people from flying.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on To fly or not to fly
Tags: air travel growth, aircraft fuel efficiencies, APD, Committee on Climate Change, Responsible travel
Apr 27th, 2019 |
By Adrian Lawes
Gorillas in Virunga National Park, an Eagle in Potsmouth and a generous gesture from Historic Houses are some of Adrian’s snippets today.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 27th April 2019
Tags: ADT (Air Departure Tax), APD, Democratic Republic of Congo, Historic Houses, Kuoni, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Scotland, Scottish winter sports season, Sri Lanka, Surrey day, Thomas Cook, TUI, Virunga National Park
Mar 9th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Devolving APD away from Westminster will only cause strife if any nation alters the rate at which APD is charged.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Time to end APD?
Tags: APD, Bristol, Cardiff, VAT, Wales
Feb 12th, 2019 |
By The Editor
My forecast would be that if it is devolved and abolished in Wales, the tax will shortly disappear entirely.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Devolving APD to Wales
Tags: APD, APD abolition, Bristol Airport, Cardiff Airport, Scotland, Wales
Sep 15th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
The opening of the V&A Dundee, APD in Wales, increasing visitor numbers from the UK to Qatar and the Barbadian Food & Rum Festival are some of the events capturing Adrian’s interest this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 15th of September 2018
Tags: APD, Barbados, Barbados Food and Rum Festival, battlefield sites, Doncaster Sheffield Airport, Dundee, Mallorca, Mallorca Classic car Week, New York, Qatar, V&A Dundee, Wales, World Trade Center
Jul 12th, 2018 |
By The Editor
The government suggested that, because of the billions that APD brings in, it is going to have to see some substantial reasons why it should kill the APD goose which lays so much Treasury gold.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on APD, VAT and a Westminster debate
Tags: ADT, APD, reduced VAT for tourism businesses
Apr 2nd, 2018 |
By The Editor
Just as January signals the fact that rail fares go up so April indicates a rise in Air Passenger Duty.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on APD rises
Tags: ADT, air passenger taxes, APD, APD increase
Feb 28th, 2018 |
By The Editor
Yesterday it was announced that Ryanair was pulling the vast majority of its flights from Glasgow Airport. Instead of there being 23 flights from the airport there would be just three – to Dublin, Wroclaw and Krakow.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Ryanair’s Scottish logic
Tags: ADT, APD, Glasgow Airport, Ryanair
Nov 25th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
Tax rises (here and in Greece) Christmas markets and the Northern Lights all go to make up some of the smaller news stories of the week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 25th November 2017
Tags: APD, Canada, Cayman Islands, Greece, Greek mooring tax, Hong Kong, Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway, IPK International, Israel, National Museum of Scotland, Northern Lights, paperless ticketing in Greece, Solomon Islands, spain, TEPAI, UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, valencia, VAT on tourism
Nov 3rd, 2017 |
By The Editor
Yesterday morning the First Minister, Carwyn Jones, said that the Welsh government would aim to scrap air passenger duty (APD) on long-haul flights if the tax was devolved to Cardiff. Nicola Sturgeon said similar things about APD when it was devolved to Scotland. She has run into problems implementing any change because it requires an EU decision. Jones will face the same problem so why say things he is unlikely to be able to deliver? The probable answer is that he only said it because
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Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Reducing APD in Wales
Tags: APD, Bristol Airport, Cardiff Airport, Carwyn Jones, Scotland, Wales
Oct 26th, 2017 |
By The Editor
Apd is a revenue tax and not a green tax designed to deter us from flying and reduce emissions! Isn’t it nice to know!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on APD is a revenue raising tax
Tags: ADT (Air Departure Tax), APD, EU, Mel Stride MP, Scotland
Jun 21st, 2017 |
By The Editor
Yet again we have a report that rehashes old ideas, presents few new ones preferring to rely on hoary old arguments instead.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Air Departure Tax: Who Benefits?
Tags: ADT, Air Departure Tax, Air Passenger Duty, APD, Fellow Travellers, Scotland
Jun 17th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
In the week that roaming charges ended in EU countries, Adrian also wonders if APD in Northern Ireland might end soon.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: June 17th 2017
Tags: Airbnb, APD, Barcelona, DUP, easyjet, Fars, Festival of the Sea, Florida, Great Valencia Fair 2017, Iran, Isle of Wight, Luton Airport, Mallorca, roaming charges., Shiraz, Suffolk, travel sickness scams, Tunisia, valencia, VAT on tourism services
Mar 11th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
I am back from Berlin. Just. I managed to get out just before the airport security staff strike began. here’s a round-up of some of the week’s happenings
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 11th March 2017
Tags: aircraft legroom, APD, Aqaba, Azure Window, Blue Air, Brecon Beacons National Park, British Airways, Catalonia, Charlotte -NC, Dubai, FCO, Israel, Maldives, Malta, Mexico, MSC Cruises, MSC for Me., Qatar Airways, QSuite, Royal Jordanian Airlines, spain, Sri Lanka
Feb 4th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
Security concerns at Cambeltown Airport, taxes, sales and St Bernard’s seem to be to the fore this week. Luckily it is time for the comedy festivals to come along and cheer me up!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 4th February 2017
Tags: APD, Argentina, Aruba, bmi regional, Bray Comedy Festival, British Airways, Campeltown Airport, Capital Region, Chris Grayling, Destinations Show, Family & Friends railcard, Flybe, Jamaica, Leicester Comedy Festival, Manchester Airport, Virgin trains
Nov 19th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
A listed fort, toilets, supersonic flights, high-speed rail between Singapore and Malaysia, APD and Christmas Markets are on Adrian’s radar screen this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 19th November 2016
Tags: Air Passenger Duty, Airbnb, APD, Arundel Castle, Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions, Barbados, Chau Point, eco-tourism, Germany, Historic Environment Scotland, Jungfrau region, Kaikora, Malaysia, Museum of the University of St Andrews, New Lanark World Heritage Site, New Zealand, public toilets, Real Mary Kings Close, Sabah, Singapore, supersonic flight, switzerland, Thorne Island, Wonders of Nature exhibition
Jul 10th, 2016 |
By The Editor
Saad Hammad’s idea means that the Treasury in London can have its cake and eat it.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Cutting APD
Tags: APD, Cutting APD, Flybe, regional airports, Saad Hammad
Apr 1st, 2016 |
By The Editor
After all the hand-wringing by airlines and the travel industry about how detrimental APD is, the government has probably brought about the taxes own demise – just by devolving responsibility.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Is the end of APD in sight?
Tags: APD, Cardiff Airport, devolved tax powers, Edinburgh Airport, Glasgow Airport, Newcastle Airport
Mar 12th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
From ITB in Berlin, Adrian reports on which destinations are in the ascendent and which are suffering. But it is Batman’s car and Maine lobster that attract his serious attention!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 12th March 2016
Tags: APD, easyjet, Egypt, German holidaymakers, Germany, India, Insight Guides, IPK, ITB, Kenya, Maine, Pegasus, Sharm al Sheikh, Turkey
Jan 30th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
APD, VAT and airline profits due to reduced fuel prices are some of the topis interesting Adrian this week as well as an octpus and whale watching.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 30th January 2016
Tags: Air Passenger Duty (APD), airline ticket prices, APD, Azores, Chapel of Love, Delta, ETOA, Flybe, Go Euro, Iceland, Icelandic VAT hike, Mall of America, Minneapolis St Paul, SEA LIFE Manchester, Singapore, Thomas Cook, Thomson, Tunisia, VAT on tourism, whale watching, Zika virus
Apr 4th, 2015 |
By Adrian Lawes
Reminding us that APD has been reduced from April 1st, Adrian looks at where we have visited in greater numbers and condems the fact that train disruption hits day-trippers and holidaymakers at one of the busiest holiday periods of the year.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday Snippets: 4th April 2015
Tags: APD, Cancun, Colombia, cruise holidays, Georgia, Hardman Farm, Magna Carta Trails, Manchester, Manchester Guided Tours, New Zealand, Oman, Rail Engineering Works
Jan 24th, 2015 |
By Adrian Lawes
Adrian sums up a week by mentioning three forthcoming anniversaries whilst wondering what might happen now that Scotloand will given control over APD.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 24th January 2015
Tags: Air Passenger Duty (APD), APD, Aruba, Coober Pedy, Helsinki Airport, Homage to Manet, Magna Carta, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Flower Show, Shaun the Sheep Experience, Union Pearson Express
Dec 3rd, 2014 |
By Adrian Lawes
George Osborne in his Autumn statement today has said that air passenger duty for children under 12 will be abolished on economy flights from next May.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on No APD for under 12’s and under 16’s.
Tags: airline fuel surcharge, APD, fuel surcharges, George Osborne