High profile MPs hit with anti APD messages
High profile MPs Vince Cable and Michael Gove are in the top 10 of MPs emailed about reviewing Air Passenger Duty.
Cabinet member Cable has been sent 1171 emails by constituents while Gove has received 1224.
Prime Minister David Cameron has been sent 460 while opposition leader Ed Miliband has received just 148, according to campaign organisers, A Fair Tax on Flying.
Most of the MPs receiving record numbers of emails serve constituents in London and greater London.
Conservative MPs have received 116,071 emails, Labour MPs 55,701 and Lib Dems 17,507.
Overall, more than 200,000 people have emailed their MP, and a further 80,000 non-UK residents have emailed the Treasury in what the organisers claim is one of the biggest social media campaigns ever co-ordinated.
Darren Caplan, chief executive of the Airport Operators Association, said: "It’s simply incredible that so many constituents have decided to express to MPs their concern about the UK having the highest levels of Air Passenger Duty in the world.
"The Prime Minister’s in-tray now contains nearly 500 messages about the ‘A Fair Tax on Flying’ initiative, and many Cabinet Ministers and MPs have received over 1,000 emails each."
Luke Pollard, head of Public Affairs at the Association of British Travel Agents, said: "The Government is searching for ways of stimulating the economy – reviewing APD is one of those ways.
"A review into the economic impacts of APD costs little and could bring in big benefits not just to aviation but to every industry that uses aviation to sell their goods and services if the policy changes."
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