Blackpool Airport & Jet2.com back ‘Fair Tax on Flying’ Campaign

Blackpool Airport and Jet2.com have pledged their support to ABTA’s ‘Fair Tax on Flying’ campaign after it was revealed that British people can pay up to 12 times more than anyone else in Europe.They have joined forces to lobby local MP’s and central government in a bid for a fairer deal for their passengers from across Lancashire and the Lake District. On flights within Europe, UK passengers pay twelve times as much in aviation tax as their French counterparts and for those travelling further afield, a family of four travelling from the UK to Australia pays £340 in flight tax, compared