US ATA hits out at UK's populist per-aircraft tax

Already suffering under a nearly USD20 billion fee and tax bill that does not even include property or income taxes, the Air Transport Association of America (ATA) is protesting what it calls "another unjustified flight tax" as the UK's newly minted coalition government scrapped its highly controversial and unpopular airline passenger duty (APD) which increased air fares by hundreds of pounds, in favour of a per-airplane tax.