SCRAPPING the air passenger duty (APD) airport departure tax would boost the UK economy by at least £16 billion in the first three years, according to a report.
The abolition of the tax would result in almost 60,000 extra jobs in the UK in the long term, the report added.
Commissioned by four UK airlines, including British Airways, the report added that scrapping APD would pay for itself by increasing revenues from other sources such as income tax and VAT.
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