Written Question·Treasury·UIN 52399

Air Passenger Duty

Tabled: 14 May 2025
Answered: 21 May 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the Standard Rate of Air Passenger Duty in (a) the UK, (b) Germany, (c) France, (d) Italy and (e) Spain.

Answer

James Murray
Air Passenger Duty (APD) applies to airlines and is the principal tax on the aviation sector. For a given distance-based band, the standard rate applies to travel in any non-economy class of travel or where the seat pitch is more than 1.016 metres (40 inc...
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