Passengers departing from Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Benin paid a number of the highest air ticket taxes and costs in Africa in 2024, putting West Africa on the high of the continent’s air journey price rankings.
Sierra Leone ranked first for regional departures with costs at $294, and second for worldwide on the similar fee.
Gabon topped the worldwide class with $297.7 and ranked second for regional at $260. Nigeria positioned third in each classes, with passengers paying $180 every for worldwide and regional departures.
These findings have been detailed within the 2024 Taxes and Costs Examine Evaluation by the African Airways Affiliation (AFRAA), primarily based on information collected throughout 54 African international locations in September 2024. The report confirmed that West Africa recorded the very best common levies on the continent — $109.5 for worldwide departures and $97 for regional.
“Within the high 10 most costly international locations by way of ticket taxes, costs and charges, Gabon (USD 297.7) is the primary, adopted by Sierra Leone (USD 294.0) and Nigeria (USD 180.0).
“When contemplating African sub-regions, the Western African area is the costliest, with a mean quantity of USD 109.5 taxes, costs, and charges paid for worldwide departures (USD 96.5 in 2022. Central Africa is following, with USD 106.6 on common, a rise of USD 10 in comparison with 2022,” the report learn partly.
It added, “Within the high 10 most costly international locations by way of ticket taxes, costs and charges, Sierra Leone (USD 294) is the primary, adopted by Gabon (USD 260) and Nigeria (USD 180).
“When contemplating African sub-regions, the Western African area is the costliest, with a mean quantity of USD 97 taxes, costs, and charges paid for regional departures in comparison with USD 80.2 in 2022, which exhibits a rise by USD 16.8 in 2024. Central Africa is following, with USD 85.9 on common, a rise of USD 4 in comparison with 2022.”
The report, primarily based on information collected in September 2024, analyzed the sum of taxes, charges, and costs added to air tickets and borne straight by passengers throughout 54 African international locations. Nations like Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Benin have been persistently among the many high ten most costly for each worldwide and regional journey—additional driving up West Africa’s regional common.
These prices far exceed the African common of $68 for worldwide and $59.05 for regional departures. By comparability, passengers in Northern Africa paid simply $25.27 on common for worldwide journey, regardless of the area accounting for 35% of whole continental air visitors.
The AFRAA report drew consideration to the mounting burden positioned on African vacationers. On common, passengers in Africa paid for 3.5 separate taxes and costs per worldwide ticket, in comparison with 2.53 in Europe and a couple of.69 within the Center East, the place visitors volumes have been considerably greater and prices decrease.
The affiliation urged African governments to evaluation and harmonize their aviation tax regimes, cut back reliance on passenger costs to fund infrastructure, and take into account various financing fashions.
