Budget 2014: Boost for regional airports – but not Birmingham

REGIONAL airports have been handed a Budget boost from the Treasury after the Chancellor revealed plans to reform Air Passenger Duty, and give operators help to woo airlines.
 
The banding system for APD was tweaked by the Chancellor so that all long-haul flights will now carry the same tax as a flight to the US - under the current system, the tax for flying 4,500 miles to Jamaica is £60 more than travelling 7,000 miles to Hawaii.
 
And George Osborne said: "And because we want all parts of our country to see... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...