Airfare

  • BusinessAOL

    Air passenger duty cuts: Good news for families

    Family holidays will cost less from tomorrow when the Air Passenger Duty (APD) airport departure tax is scrapped for under-12s. The abolition will mean parents with two youngsters will save as much as £142 on long-haul trips to destinations such

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  • BusinessAOL

    Why airfares may need to rise

    Efforts to reduce aviation carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions will be outweighed by the growth in air passengers, according to new research. Plane ticket prices would need to rise by at least 1.4% a year for emission levels to fall, the research by

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  • BusinessAOL

    Ryanair levies charge after flights

    Daniel Reinhardt/DPA Just when you think Ryanair can't possibly load on any more sneaky charges, it takes stealth to a whole other level by hitting customers with a retrospective fee after they have travelled. The levy – as a

  • LifestyleAOL

    'Green tax' on airfares sham exposed

    Steve Parsons/PA Archive/Press Association Images We all love to moan at the cost of air travel and you have to wonder what people complained about before the Wright Brothers arrived on the scene. Today we have another reason after the

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