As opposition to the proposed development of airports in the South-East mounts, it is time to question our attitude to the cheap flights that have fuelled these expansions.
The flights are cheap because the Government does not levy a tax on aviation fuel.
By not taxing, the Government is effectively subsidising a polluting form of transport and is failing to raise income for public services such as hospitals and schools.
We have to decide where our priorities lie - cheap weekends to Prague for the relatively well-off or improvements to education and health services.
-Richard Turner, Hove
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