# Airport expansion plans in the UK....

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airport-expansion-plans-in-the-uk/120539>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 24, 2002, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airport-expansion-plans-in-the-uk/120539 "2002-07-24T10:12:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airport-expansion-plans-in-the-uk/120539/21 "2002-07-29T10:11:58Z")

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I must be an Owl of very little brain as I can’t see what the “obvious” answer is.

Could you please elaborate?

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**Author:** ![Go\_alien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Go\_alien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_alien)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airport-expansion-plans-in-the-uk/120539/22 "2002-07-29T10:43:01Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Xerxes \*  
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> What subsidies are you talking about? \*\*

There is no tax on aviation fuel. That’s a huge subsidy in anybody’s terms.

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