UK Election Manifesto - Liberal Democrats

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We are UK based so have taken more of an interest in the forthcoming UK General Election than those in other countries so thought we would summarise any air travel related elements we have found in the various manifestoes. All of these are straight lifts from the documents - if you wish to find out more, or gain further context, we have included the weblink where we found airport related details. Liberal Democrats - issued 10th June https://www.libdems.org.uk/manifesto Section 16 - Transport (first part under "Transport", second part under "More Detail").

Invest in research and development to make the UK the world leader in zero-carbon flight, and take steps to reduce demand for flying.

Reduce the climate impact of flying by:

• Reforming the taxation of international flights to focus on those who fly the most, while reducing costs for ordinary households who take one or two international return flights per year.

• Introducing a new super tax on private jet flights, and removing the VAT exemptions for private, first-class and business-class flights.

• Requiring airlines to show the carbon emissions for domestic flights compared to the equivalent rail option at booking.

• Banning short domestic flights where a direct rail option taking less than 2.5 hours is available for the same journey, unless planes are alternative-fuelled.

• Placing a moratorium on net airport expansion until a national capacity and emissions management framework is in place, and opposing the expansion of Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Stansted or London City airports and any new airport in the Thames Estuary.