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Article: Flying is a form of public transport

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The Sunday Telegraph London
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February 22, 2004
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Your correspondent who complains that air travel is a polluting luxury (Letters, February 15) misses the point. Air travel is public transport, and all forms of public transport, air, rail, bus, ship, tram and underground, are exempt from VAT.

As for taxing aviation fuel, other forms of public transport are treated comparably. There is no fuel tax for shipping, only 3p a litre for trains ...

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