In the Business Travel and Meetings Show (BTMS) survey of 2,400 business travellers, 57% deemed the latest hike in Air Passenger duty (APD) as “unfair” and 87% “strongly opposed” the subsequent increases planned for November 2010.
In November 2009, the government had raised the APD for short haul economy class from £11 to £12 and for 6000-mile plus premium long-haul flights from £55 to £110, with an increase amounting to £170 proposed for the latter category in 2010.
Online check-in, wifi Internet access, flat beds, notebooks and Eurostar were voted amongst business travellers’ preferred innovations of the last decade. Eighty two percent of the respondents rated mobiles on board as their biggest dislike. Quicker security check-in and immigration processes, supersonic aircraft, miracle child silencer and carbon free travel topped travellers’ expectations for the next decade.
The event director of BTMS, David Chapple termed the noughties as a hotbed for innovation in business travel.
The results of the survey indicate that 73% of people had a sustained or increased rate of business travel in 2009, and estimated this figure to hit 91% in 2010.
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