The Liberal Democrats have set out a range of policies designed to mitigate and reduce the carbon impact of air travel, and to shift the tax burden from flying onto frequent flyers.
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey (Credit: Ed Davey / Liberal Democrats / Facebook)
The party, led by Sir Ed Davey, on Monday (10 June) unveiled five missions to "reduce the climate impact of flying" in its 2024 general election manifesto, including a new "super tax" on private jets flights.
Other ambitions include halting all airport expansion in London, banning short domestic flights that could instead by completed by rail, and requiring airlines to publish emissions data for domestic flights compared with the equivalent rail journey at point of booking.
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