AVGAS is approaching £2.00 a litre that means for one hour on a typical 4 seater not including insurance maintainence, landing fees, parking fees etc a pilot could just be paying £80-£90 just for the fuel that digs deep in to pockets i have a pilots license at 17 year old and just enjoy flight £2.00 a litre would mean flying time drastically cut for me and many others a flight to france takes about 2 and a half hours thats £200-£225 one way when a ryanair flight is less than £50 return and takes less time but the emissions at higher levels are much more dangerous than the light aircraft user at 5000ft
Reduce the tax on AVGAS as aircraft burn lots of fuel a typical 4 seater can burn 40-45 litres per hour.