Media Centre
Airlines UK acts as a collective voice for the UK airline industry in the media, issuing comments and press releases, as well as providing spokespeople and meeting interview requests.
Comment on Aviation Report By British Chambers of Commerce
BATA’s comment on the publication today of the BCC Report, ‘Flying in the face of jobs and growth’ is available here. In it, Simon Buck, BATA’s Chief Executive says, “This report provides clear evidence that if Britain us to be able to compete for new business with emerging markets, then we must be allowed to grow and invest in our airport infrastructure.”
October 31st, 2011
UK Government ‘Stop/Go’ Aviation Policies “Crippling Trade Links”: BATA
To coincide with the closure of the Government’s initial ‘Scoping Document’ consultation on a ‘Sustainable Policy Framework for Aviation’, BATA has issued a statement, urging the new Secretary of State of Transport to recognise that decisions need to be made now on increasing capacity for air transport.
October 20th, 2011
Speech by BATA Chief Executive at Parliamentary Reception – 18th October
The speech by Simon Buck, Chief Executive of BATA, at a BATA Parliamentary Reception hosted by Brian Donohoe MP on Tuesday 18th October
October 18th, 2011
‘Connecting for Growth’ Report on the Importance of a Hub Airport
BATA has welcomed today’s publication of a report by Frontier Economics on the importance of Britian’s hub airport in economic recovery.
September 22nd, 2011
Deputy PM’s Promise to Accelerate Major Infrastructure Projects – BATA Comment
Simon Buck, BATA Chief Executive has commented on today’s promise by Deputy PM Nick Clegg to give new special priority status to upto 40 of the biggest national infrastructure projects most important to Britain’s future growth prospects.
September 14th, 2011
High Tax Rates Damage UK Economy
In response to the letter from 20 leading economists in today’s Financial Times arguing that the 50p tax rate is damanging the UK economy, Simon Buck, Chief Eecutive of BATA that the same logic can be applied to the “exorbitantly high” levels of Air Passenger Duty.
September 7th, 2011
DFT Aviation Demand Forecast: “Lost Opportunity for Britain”
BATA has commented on today’s revised Government forecasts of demand for air travel that show a slashing by 25% of passengers travelling through Britain’s airports in twenty years time, compared to forecasts produced just two years ago.
August 25th, 2011
Hands Off Our Holiday Mr Taxman!
A campaign to persuade the Chancellor to drop planned hikes in the tax levied on all flights leaving the UK is being launched at airports across the country as a new poll is released showing 3 out of 4 people think that Air Passenger Duty (APD) should not go up in the next Budget.
July 11th, 2011
Air Passenger Duty Consultation: Flight Tax ‘Costs UK 25,000 Jobs’
On the eve of closure of a consultation by HM Treasury on Air Passenger Duty, the British Air Transport Association, the national trade body for British airlines, has called for the UK’s tax on flying to be scrapped. For more details and the BATA Press Release, go to the Media Centre of this site.
June 16th, 2011
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