According to Dr. Samson Fatokun, the IATA’s Area Manager for West and Central Africa, West Africa continues to have the most expensive operating environment for airlines.
He said that in order for the region to fully recover from the COVID-19 PANDEMIC’s effects by 2024, policymakers must refrain from enacting new taxes and levies or raising existing ones. He was speaking at the 4th AviationGhana Stakeholders Meeting, which was held on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 in Ghana’s capital Accra.
The time is not right to raise taxes or enact new ones. West Africa is the most expensive place for airlines to operate, according to numerous studies.
Simply put, the taxes are too much.
He said the high taxes, fees and charges are responsible for the high cost of Air tickets in the region.
Dr. Fatokun was speaking as a panelist at the 4th AviationGhana Stakeholders Meeting held in Accra, Ghana.
The 4th Aviation Ghana Stakeholders Meeting was organised under the auspices of the Ministry of Transport and the Board of Airline Representatives, Ghana (BARGH). The Programme was sponsored by Turkish Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, and RwandAir, Africa World Airlines (AWA), with support from the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), and Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL).