Air Passenger Duty
(asked on 17th April 2025) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increases to Air Passenger Duty in (a) 2025 and (b) 2026 on passenger demand.
This question was answered on 25th April 2025
The Government published Tax Impact and Information Notes (TIINs) assessing the impacts of the 2025/26 and 2026/27 Air Passenger Duty rates:
Air Passenger Duty: rates from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 - GOV.UK
Air Passenger Duty: rates from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027 - GOV.UK
The OBR certified costing of the changes includes a behavioural effect to account for the change in flights taken resulting from the change in the tax rates.