Frequent flyer levy and cheaper trains would help with environmental pledges – but neither is planned
Travel from Exeter to Manchester next Wednesday, and a round trip with the airline Flybe returning the next day would cost you £68, of which air passenger duty amounts to £26. A train ticket for the same journey would cost £141.
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