ICAO CONFERENCE CALLS ON GOVERNMENTS TO STOP HITTING CIVIL AVIATION WITH PUNISHING TAXES
January 1st, 2013
A ONCE-IN-A-DECADE air transport conference at the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has called on member states to avoid punishing the world’s air transport sector with tough taxes, asking them to follow the UN agency’s guidance on fees and charges.In particular, recommendations from ICAO’s Sixth Worldwide Air Transport Conference, staged at its Montréal headquarters from March 18-22, called on member states to avoid the double taxation of air transport services in arrival and departure countries. The conference conclusions said ICAO member ...
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