It would be interesting to see how UK air transportation taxes and charges compare with other EU countries.
John

john, Camberley, UK

I love Britain, I love the British, and I love being in Britain. I have vacation time coming up, and. I thought I had only one problem: the scary exchange rate. I am teetering on the fence this very day, and news of additional taxes like this make me teeter in a western direction. Sorry mates! :(

Barry, La Jolla, USA

Have to say the Yanks are right on this occasion although it is a bitter pill to swallow. The planned tthird runway and a green tax are just not sitting side by side. What the meddlars in the treasury should have done years ago was completely reorganised tha tax system, fairness, simplicity is right

C Darken, Nantwich, UK

I support the US objections. It's a farce for the Govt to claim to want to reduce emissions from aircraft - how does a tax do that, whilst at the same time calling for a third runway at Heathrow to boost aircraft movements at LHR to prevent the domination of Schiphol or CDG airports as Eurohubs.

David O'Sullivan, Crawley, UK

A 'green' tax ? Don't make me laugh - this benighted government couldn't care less about 'green' - all they care about is our money to waste. The UK needs a regime change, and it needs it now.

Chris, London,

For a true reduction in greenhouse gases, the British Government might like to apply a surtax to all public transportation, not just that by aircraft. If applied properly, fewer people would be able to afford public transportation, the newly obsolete buses, trains, and planes can be sold to China.

Menno Aartsen, Fredericksburg, VA, USA

Time to enter into a formal political arrangement with the United States - withdraw from the EU and join NAFTA as a first step towards political integration.

Arnold Ward, Weybridge, Surrey, UK

Come on over, David, right thinking people like you are always welcome.

David, Hollywood, FL, USA

Well ... consider the source.

US airlines are teetering on the brink of collapse (as witness the latest merger news), and their currency is nosediving. Another tax disadvantage for their airlines is not in their interest, hence the protest. Let 'em bring their case and we'll see about its legality

Golodh, London, UK

Labour are anti business and anti personal travel they make me sick but some idiots voted for them at the last election, certainly was not me.

Pete, Yorkshire,

More runways, more flights, increased tax revenue per plane. The chancellor has spotted a nice little earner.

michael clarke, kensington, uk

APD & its successor never had anything at all to do with "green". The logic of it was to discourage people flying by taxing them - & therefore that half empty planes were greener than full ones. And as with all transport taxes, costs born by business are just passed on, driving inflation up.

George Edwards, Beijing, China

We must not allow the rich to escape paying tax on long-haul flying. The majority of the population cannot afford to take long haul flights on a regular basis. It would be immoral for those who are affluent enough to fly long haul to be exempt their fair share of taxation.

keith Kondakor, Nuneaton,

Congratulations to the Americans for taking the government to task. If the British government were serious about green policies there are a lot of other things they could do to show good faith. This was another way to grab money for the taxman. At the same time public services are declining.

Colin, Shaftesbury, UK

How long before the US needs to introduce a similar tax? The US, like the UK, has a huge balance of payments deficit and needs all the taxation it can get to help reduce its national debt.

Paul, Coventry,

"The new flight levy, which the Treasury says will help reduce greenhouse-gas emissions....."
There is nothing green about Labour, they just need to tax, tax, tax, tax and tax more to feed their gross spending waste.
Labour has ruined this country and, thankfully, they are on their way out!

Jon, Preston, England

much as i hate to admit a tax that the airlines can't agree on and the americans think unfair sounds like a good reason to support it.until the airlines pay duty on fuel which requires international
agreement we have to find ways to raise the equivalent tax.

roger, bridport,

The Americans are quite right. Green taxation is simply a good ploy for raising revenue. The danger is that long haul flights will switch from Heathrow to the European mainland, leaving Britain marooned. Another one of Labour's "death wish" policies.

Dwight Vandryver, Scholar Green, Cheshire, UK

When we take to the streets, something I feel that will happen this summer over fuel duty, newly created air travel tax will pale into the background.

We Brit's have had enough and if only America would open its borders to us, we'd migrate in droves.

The end is nigh for Parliament.

David Downes, Chester, UK