UK To Hit Business Aviation with Passenger Tax
The UK government has confirmed its intention to extend its existing air passenger duty (APD) to business aircraft users.

The UK government has confirmed its intention to extend its existing air passenger duty (APD) to business aircraft users. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne confirmed the decision in his fall economic statement in parliament on Tuesday.

More details as to how the new tax will be imposed are to be announced on December 6, but the British government already has confirmed that the duty will not take effect until April 2013.