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AIRPOR T CHARGES Methodology: A compara e study based on a single aircra thousand passengers yearly.
type applies to all airports of more than 500
The type of aircra chosen is the B737, the most popular aircra type in the region. Following the applied criteria:
Aircr aft Type MT OW Flight T ype Origin & Destination Total Departing P ax Parking Time Boarding bridge time Arrival Time Cargo
B737 70.08 Metric International 100 100 2 Hour 1 Hour 12:00 0 Kilogr ams
African airports ranking b y charge inde x Mahe Island Algiers Nairobi Gaborone Antananarivo Lilongwe Entebbe Maputo Windhoek Addis Ababa Dar Es Salaam Saint Denis Cairo Kigali Johannesburg Abidjan Libreville Harare Accra Lagos Brazzaville Dakar Ouagadougou Cotonou Kinshasa Khartoum Douala Ilha Do Sal Bamako Malabo Tunis Conakry Casablanca Luanda Lusaka
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Index
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Source: AFRAA / IA TA A CIC
Lusaka has the highest level of charges while Mahe Island has the lowest among the selected airports. Some of the busiest airports in Africa like Johannesburg, Addis, Algiers are among the e effect on least expensive. This indicates that lowering the airport charges can have a traffic.
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