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Airlines push for wider tax cuts

African governments have been urged to reduce taxes and other charges on the aviation industry to cushion struggling airlines. 

African Airlines Association (AFRAA) Secretary General Abderahmane Berthe said it was regrettable that African air transport currently accounts for a meagre three per cent of world traffic, yet the continent carries 16 per cent of the world's population.

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