British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Wednesday he would make flying business class more expensive by introducing a one-off levy on non-economy seats.

"I will make a one-off adjustment to rates of Air Passenger Duty (APD) on non-economy flights only to account for high inflation in recent years," he said in his budget speech to parliament.

Non-economy seats are currently charged between 13 pounds and 200 pounds of APD depending on the distance of travel. Hunt did not provide further details on the new levy.

(Reporting by David Milliken and Kylie MacLellan, Writing by Sarah Young; Editing by Sachin Ravikumar)