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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is currently in consultation on whether the UK should cut APD for internal flights to encourage people to return to the air. The decision may cause disagreements with US President Joe Biden who has signed executive orders to tackle climate change in the US and has deemed it a “national security concern”. The UK is also set to host the UN Climate Change Conference in November which may raise eyebrows among attendees of the legitimacy of Britain’s commitment to tackling global warming.
and a lot of things between the obama administration and republicans in congress. republicans say the obama administration should not have unit laterally changed these rules, without the approval of congress. and, democrats believe the president had the right to do that. bill: now, is it cheaper to fly because of this? we mentioned the airline pact. is that still being collected or has it been waived. let s say it should be cheaper to fly because the faa is no longer authorized to collect the airline tax, and, therefore, airline ticket prices should be going down, a number of airlines kept their prices the same. pocketed the difference, and, there is a fight about, will that be reimbursed once the reauthorization takes place. bill: ultimately, is it less safe to fly? is anyone making the argument, with 4,000 workers furloughed? well the secretary of labor, ray lahood said it is safe to fly, and, air traffic controllers are being paid, they are on the job, and plane inspectors are b
little thing, which you re going to ask me about. what? what am i going to ask you? i was going to ask you if it s a problem for the folks traveling. i think i m really nervous. because the faa is going to shut down, there s a silver lining in this for travellers. yeah, tickets. sdoo their ability to collect federal airline tax on tickets also goes away. if you are flying this weekend, the ticket that you bought most likely will not have the faa taxes that would be associated with it, and, for example, if you had a $300 round trip ticket, you could get a savings of anywhere from $60 to $80 on that. it s unclear if you bought the ticket today and exactly what happened if they would proactively take it away from you when they have the deal, but most likely if you bought tickets to fly this weekend, you will be getting $60 to $80 off. the faa says that s bad because these going to lose over $200 million a week that go to fund their prayioperations. i m going to go on-line and
destinations. there is no difference if you go to the airport except for one little thing, which you re going to ask me about. what? what am i going to ask you? i was going to ask you if it s a problem for the folks traveling. i think i m really nervous. because the faa is going to shut down, there s a silver lining in this for travellers. yeah, tickets. sdoo their ability to collect federal airline tax on tickets also goes away. if you are flying this weekend, the ticket that you bought most likely will not have the faa taxes that would be associated with it, and, for example, if you had a $300 round trip ticket, you could get a savings of anywhere from $60 to $80 on that. it s unclear if you bought the ticket today and exactly what happened if they would proactively take it away from you when they have the deal, but most likely if you bought tickets to fly this weekend, you will be getting $60 to $80 off. the faa says that s bad because these going to lose over $200 million a w