ALTER did try to get an

Jock — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:06:17 +0000

ALTER did try to get an amendment in to look at auctioning landing slots/airspace at Harrogate 2006(?) when the aviation policy paper was debated. I think it would be a significant lever for regional economic change too as airlines would look to put specialist international flights into more regional airports where they could get slots more cost effectively.

The fuel issue I wasn't so concerned about. That should still happen anyway.

Somehow I knew LVT would get

Tristan Mills — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:58:25 +0000

Somehow I knew LVT would get in there ;)

Good points though.
The Tories like to paint themselves as pro-free market, but they are Conservatives, and they're generally well named. Despite a period of radicalism (perhaps driven by an ultra-conservative desire to reverse changes?) under Thatcher they are still essentially conservative and don't like to change the status quo much.

Taxing per-flight is a good idea, although surely its best to tax the fuel this throws up problems due to the mainly international nature of the business.

The landing slot anomaly is bizarre and needs sorting. Your solution works well (especially given landing slots appear to be determined by historical legacy rather than anything else).

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ALTER did try to get an

Somehow I knew LVT would get