Posted on 19.04.2023 at 2:34 p.m. by Blaise MOMBENGA
This is one of the proposals that was made during the national conference on the cost of living which took place from April 11 to 13, 2023 in Libreville.
In the fight against the high cost of living in Gabon, the various speakers at this meeting of national meetings organized by the government, proposed the reduction of taxes on plane tickets. They retained the 50% reduction in taxes on airline tickets “, we learn on the site Gabon Media Time. And the site that adds it is ” a measure, if ever implemented, should make it possible to considerably reduce the price of tickets and thus democratize the use of this means of transport often considered expensive ».
Indeed, this recommendation made by stakeholders to fight against the high cost of living with regard to the air sector comes after the observation of a surge in prices in this sector, namely: ” for flights lasting more than 2 hours, the fee is set at 65 596 FCFA for first class passengersAndking class, 39 357 FCFA for business class and 32 798 FCFA for classes It iseconomic. On flights of less than two hours, the fee is fixedIt ise To 26 239 FCFA per passenger in class It iseconomic, 32 798 FCFA in business class and 42 638 FCFA in prize moneyAndre class. And on internal flights, it’s 6 560 FCFA which are appliedIt iss per passenger “, notes the GMT site.
Reducing these tariffs will allow progress in the fight against the high cost of living in Gabon. This being one of the fights of the government which continues to take measures in order to fight against this phenomenon.
