Levy on frequent leisure flyers proposed to make airport expansion unnecessary
by Toby Helm Political editor from on (#BXKZ)
Proposed tax would only hit better-off who holiday more than once a year
Plans for a "frequent flyer" tax to curb demand for leisure flights and make a new runway in south-east England unnecessary have been unveiled by an influential group of transport campaigners, environmentalists and tax experts.
Ministers, and candidates seeking to be the next mayor of London, including Tory hopeful and green campaigner Zac Goldsmith, are being urged to back the proposals, which supporters argue in a letter to the Observer would relieve ministers at a stroke from having to make the invidious choice between expanding Heathrow or Gatwick airports.
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