Flybe: government considers air passenger duty cut to save airline

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Sajid Javid examines allowing regional carrier to defer paying £100m tax bill for three years

Emergency talks will take place on Tuesday between the chancellor, Sajid Javid, and the business and transport departments, amid attempts to ensure the survival of Flybe, Europe’s largest regional carrier.

 

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Javid only cares about Asian bankers...(himself).....get ready boys and girls... to look for another profession.....there'll be no help from this English speaker.... with his heart somewhere else !

‘If Flybe customers won’t pay the price of their pollution then their flights must end’

.Ridiculous if true from Conservatives. ClimateEmergency

Ryanair will just kill them later.

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