Proposed fees hike miffs aviation industry
Friday, February 24, 2017
Keebine addressing stakeholders at the CAAb forum PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
Plans to hike the fees and reactions towards such actions came out vividly at a vibrant stakeholders forum hosted by CAAB here this week.
Manager, International Relations and Statistics at CAAB, Monti-Carlo Tlagae told BusinessWeek that they plan to increase fees and charges by an average 25% this year before effecting another 15% hike annually until 2020.
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