Reduce taxes on airlines, African governments told

A Kenya Airways plane. Aviation operators have asked African governments to reduce the cost of doing business in the sector [Image: Courtesy]

Stakeholders in the African aviation industry are set to intensify efforts to reduce the crippling high cost of doing business in the sector that is giving undue advantage to operators from other regions.

Leaders as well as aviation operators and service providers who recently converged at Balaclava, Mauritius floated recommendations to African governments to reduce taxes and fees imposed on airlines.