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Will budget impact air travel (journalist who covers Stansted/Gatwick and Heathrow airports)

Journalist: Samantha Downes (Soames), News reporter - freelance - national newspapers and trades

ended 26. November 2025

Is there anything in today's budget that will impace air travel.

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Today’s budget has been one of the most anticipated in modern history. As a result, many consumers have been putting off buying decisions until after the budget. They wanted to know what disposable income they would have.

The Budget shows there is no big immediate impact on consumers' income. Consumer confidence will increase as they realise there are no big immediate changes. As a result, we can expect an influx of bookings for both last-minute and 2026 bookings

Overall, Labour needed to be strategic in their budget. They couldn’t create too many divisive changes; otherwise they’d alienate the population. Therefore, this has been a neutral budget.

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