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Saturday, March 12, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Irish government to abolish air tax
Irish government to abolish air tax
British Government urged to follow suit and scrap "counter-productive" Air Passenger Duty.
Britain currently charges passengers the highest rates of aviation tax in Europe
By Oliver Smith 10:31AM GMT 11 Mar 2011
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Ireland’s Fine Gael-Labour coalition has promised to abolish tax on air travel, in an effort to increase the number of visitors to the country.
The number of travellers flying into Ireland fell from 7.7 million in 2007 to 5.6 million last year.
An air passenger tax of €10 per person was introduced two years ago, then reduced to €3 last year.
The move follows the Dutch government’s decision to abandon its tax on air travel in 2009. The tax recouped around €300 million each year, but was estimated to cost the country’s wider economy more than €1.2 billion.
Mark Tanzer, the chief executive of Abta, the travel association, said: “The Irish government is just the latest to see that taxing air passengers is counter-productive, with any revenue raised outweighed by the damage caused to the wider economy.”
Britain currently charges passengers the highest rates of aviation tax in Europe. Air Passenger Duty (APD) currently earns the Government around £3.8 billion each year.
Last week, Telegraph Travel and Abta launched a new petition for a fair tax on flying. Sign the petition here.
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Suggested topics include the impact of Air Passenger Duty, holidays in Britain, road and rail transport, levels of service at British hotels and attractions, and access for disabled people. A selection of your questions will be presented to Mr Penrose, and his answers will be published in Telegraph Travel next week.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Manchester City's Kolo Toure given full backing of Ivorian Football Federation
Manchester City's Kolo Toure given full backing of Ivorian Football Federation
Kolo Touré has been offered the ‘compassion and support’ of the Ivorian Football Federation (IFF) in a letter sent to the Manchester City defender in the wake of his positive test for a ‘specified substance.’
Sidelined: Manchester City's Kolo Toure has the backing of his country's FA Photo: PA
By Mark Ogden 8:33PM GMT 09 Mar 2011
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Touré, who has yet to publicly announce whether he intends to submit a B sample for testing, is currently suspended from all first-team and non first-team football as a result of positive test, but the Ivory Coast centre-half remains free to train with his Manchester City team-mates.
And with Touré’s playing future in the balance, IFF managing director Ardiouma Kone has written to both Touré and City to offer the backing of the Ivorian football authorities.
Kone wrote: “In these hard times that you cross, The Executive Committee of the Ivorian Football Federation and its President, His Excellency Ambassador Jacques Anouma, would like to assure you of compassion and support.
“The Ivorian Football Federation, which could always count on your availability and your commitment to defend an exemplary way the colours of Ivory Coast, hopes for a successful outcome of the legal process that requires this case to allow you to find joy playing football, your passion.”
In his letter to City, Kone insisted Touré had ‘always been exemplary to defend the colours of the country.’
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