March 6 (Reuters) - Britain has ruled out any changes to air
passenger duty in the budget next week, despite regional airline
Flybe's collapse, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing
senior government officials.
In January, after crunch talks with the company's
shareholders, Britain's finance ministry had said it would
review both air passenger duty (APD) and Britain's regional
connectivity.
However, officials decided a cut in APD for domestic routes
would fall foul of European Union's state aid laws and could not
be introduced until early next year, the newspaper https://www.ft.com/content/e037ee32-5fcb-11ea-8033-fa40a0d65a98
added.
(Reporting by Mekhla Raina in Bengaluru
Editing by Chris Reese)