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ECOWAS cuts air travel taxes: will Sierra Leone see relief?

Front view of the new terminal at Freetown International Airport.

The West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, has announced that it has taken “a landmark measure” that will lower the high cost of travel across the region. “From 1 January 2026, all ECOWAS Member States will remove taxes applied to air transport and reduce passenger and security charges by 25 percent,” the regional bloc says in […]