A4E urges the British Government to boost UK GDP by abolishing APD

Airlines for Europe (A4E) members Carolyn McCall (easyJet), Willie Walsh (IAG) and Michael O’Leary (Ryanair) today urged the British Government to scrap APD ahead of the UK’s Autumn Statement on Wednesday. The Chief Executives of the UK’s three largest airlines together warned that APD was hampering Britain’s economic growth, business and tourism, at a time when global business links post-Brexit needed to be strengthened, noting that its removal would boost GDP by 1.7% and create 61,000 new jobs by 2020. “APD damages the UK’s competitiveness and jobs,” said Willie Walsh, CEO of International Airlines Group (IAG). “It’s a revenue raising