Ryanair: UK tax has caused loss of 4.5 million passengers

Ryanair said that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s £10 tourist tax, combined with the BAA's high airport charges have caused the loss of over 4.5 million passengers at the BAA UK airports in the first five months of the year.

Ryanair called on Gordon Brown to scrap this £10 APD tax and speed up the sale of Gatwick and Stansted airports to prevent a further collapse in UK tourism and related jobs next winter.