Reacting to the arena Economic Forum’s report, Willie Walsh, chief executive of British Airways’ parent company, IAG; Carolyn McCall, chief executive easyJet; Michael O’Leary, chief executive Ryanair and Craig Kreeger, chief executive of Virgin Atlantic jointly said: “The WEF report shows that Britain has the very best aviation taxes and costs on the planet, ranked 139th out of 140 and rubbing shoulders with countries like Chad, Senegal and the Dominican Republic. “It’s hard to locate another comparable table on a key measure of international competitiveness which shows the united kingdom to be trailing the remainder of the arena. This isn’t only a blow to our national pride but demonstrates the unjustified level of Air Passenger Duty and, following the new PWC report, provides further evidence that the Chancellor must take...
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