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Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed

Bahrain departure fee 'lowest in region'

MANAMA, January 5, 2017

The departure fees at Bahrain International Airport is the least in the region, said Bahrain's Transport and Telecommunication Minister Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed.

He was commenting following Bahrain's decision to raise the departure fees on passengers departing through the BIA to BD7 from the current BD5.

"The departure fees becomes BD 7 instead of the previous BD5 and BD1 on transit passengers rerouted by aviation companies from other destinations via Bahrain International Airport," he said in a statement.

He said such fee was almost BD10 per passenger in Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE.

The fee increase will come into effect after 90 days from the date of publication of the notification on December 29.
 




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