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If you’re sat on your private jet and you’re a boss employing hundreds of staff, it hasn’t been your day.

 

A big hike in Air Passenger Duty on private jets – tax firm MHA puts the maximum at £1,141 – and another in your National Insurance employer contributions will not have improved the mood of anyone owning a big company.

 

Bigger businesses will share the burden – £25 billion – of the £40 billion chancellor Rachel Reeves is seeking to raise to improve health, education and other sectors.

 

For the majority of travel firms, though, there were some sweeteners, particularly the National Insurance allowance for SMEs and business rates reform.

 

Likewise, the average consumer does not seem to have been penalised in terms of how much cash is in their pocket, with those reliant on minimum wages set to receive a welcome pay rise.

 

Moreover, according to the independent Office for Budget Responsibility, inflation is set to stay below 3% for the foreseeable future, hopefully making last year’s 10%-plus a hazy memory.

 

So for the travel-buying public, it doesn’t look so bad – unless, of course, you were planning on splashing out on a private jet hire.

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