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Dear Fellow Pilots,
Effective April 1 ? and with only a day?s notice ? the only FBO at the airport at Freeport, Bahamas, increased parking fees from $8 to $25 nightly; terminal fees from $7 to $30; and instituted a new handling fee of $30 ($75 for twins). You may recall that the Bahamas recently increased the departure tax for pilots and passengers from $15 to $20 and also increased the hotel taxes from 6% to 10%.
I?m not sure what?s going on but it?s clear that the folks who are calling the shots don?t have a clue what there are doing or what impact this will have on private pilot visits to Freeport. Airport fees used to cost $77 with 4 people on board for a three night visit. This is now $215 for a single and $260 for a light twin.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
Regards, Jim Parker
Dear Fellow Pilots,
Effective April 1 ? and with only a day?s notice ? the only FBO at the airport at Freeport, Bahamas, increased parking fees from $8 to $25 nightly; terminal fees from $7 to $30; and instituted a new handling fee of $30 ($75 for twins). You may recall that the Bahamas recently increased the departure tax for pilots and passengers from $15 to $20 and also increased the hotel taxes from 6% to 10%.
I?m not sure what?s going on but it?s clear that the folks who are calling the shots don?t have a clue what there are doing or what impact this will have on private pilot visits to Freeport. Airport fees used to cost $77 with 4 people on board for a three night visit. This is now $215 for a single and $260 for a light twin.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
Regards, Jim Parker
