Airport's fees hike 'may drive airlines away'

Wed, Sep 8th 2010, 11:00 PM

By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business Editor

THE leading global air transport body has urged the Government and Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) not to implement planned 2011 increases to aircraft landing fees and a host of other charges, warning that this could drive carriers to either reduce service frequency or exit the Nassau market altogether.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which represents 230 airlines accounting for 93 per cent of the world's commercial aviation traffic, warned in an August 11, 2010, letter sent to NAD and Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, minister of tourism and aviation, that airlift and tourist arrivals to the Bahamas could be negatively impa ...

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