Petition Scrap Air Passenger Duty (APD) on all UK flights

Air Passenger Duty (APD) is the UK Government tax that is currently being charged on all passengers departing from a UK airport. Which since introduction in 1994, has risen by up to 539%.

Abolishing APD would see a significant increase in the UK’s GDP as well as the creation thousands of jobs.

More details

The UK ranks 137th out of 138 when it comes to air ticket taxes and charges - 2015 World Economic Forum’s Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report.

Only six EU countries levy a similar tax, but with substantially lower rates than those in the UK.

The high charges of APD are severely hindering economic growth in the UK's Transport and Leisure Industry. In order to boost economic growth and improve competitiveness in the market, I urge the UK government to scrap APD.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

12 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 12 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Show on a map the geographical breakdown of signatures by constituency

10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 1 October 2016
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.