Claim: The previous rate of Air Passenger Duty, an excise duty (a kind of tax levied by a state) which is charged on the carriage of passengers flying from a United Kingdom or Isle of Man airport on an aircraft that has an authorised take-off weight of more than 5.7 tonnes or more than twenty seats for passengers, was doubled beginning February 2007, effective till October 2009.
Evidence: An excise, or excise tax, is any duty on manufactured goods that is levied at the moment of manufacture rather than at sale.