Limited green list risks holding back economic recovery
Commenting on figures revealed today that show that receipts from aviation taxes fell by £3billion last year, Henry Smith MP, Chair of the APPG for the Future of Aviation said:
“The economic consequences of the collapse in international travel have been devastating for sector businesses and aviation communities.
“But these impacts are far more wide reaching, aviation is an economic enabler and this limited restart of international travel risks holding back our economic recovery and continuing the pain felt by so many over the last year.
“The limited green list risks holding back the restart of our aviation industry and the full restart of a truly Global Britain. After a year of aviation being effectively grounded, we need to reopen to more nations as soon as possible to allow much needed summer holidays, to restart leisure travel and to reunite families.
“We cannot have a full economic recovery if our aviation and travel industries remain on their knees, a full, safe and proper restart of international travel is an economic imperative and there is much more that the Government must do.”
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