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How much are other countries realizing from said revenue?
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In order to gain some sort of benchmark of how much the use of our strategically located air/seas may be worth its useful to take a look at what other nations are charging for comparable levels of traffic. It is interesting to note Is the Cabinet also that Bahamas Aviation thataware according tothe an article in theCivil Express Trib- Authority charging scheme will une of Pakistan toparchipelagic officials in Pakistan’s Civil result in our strategically located state RECEIVING 55% LESS REVENUE than Aviation Authority have been charged for failthe Afghan government didfees in to 2020 — despite ing to charge which($66M) it was entitled. YOU our sovereign nation having, on DECIDE HOW MUCH IS OUR AIRSPACE IS WORTH?!
average, 1,922 MORE FLIGHTS using its airspace each day as compared to Afghanistan?
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It’s not only fair but entirely justifiable th that as a “Contracting State” to the same Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, The Bahamas, like 186 waters before strafing our defenseless marines after they abandoned their sinking ship - with the other authority nations is entitled delegated to provide and chargeto for Air Traffic Control Services over 1/3 of our newly independent nation, want of any documentary evidence, is somewhat farfetched. levy Air sovereign Navigation Fees and Real Time Meteorological Weather Charges to the flights or vesels of each and every commerical, cargo or private carrie -for the safe, efficient and expeiditious Socially use of our sovereign territory. Even if, Distance Ya Self!! said airspace has been renamed and part of “Miami Oceanic” We acknowledge that it would be “staggering hypocrisy” for ICAO to conduct any type of audit on our aviation sector considering they have turned a blind eye to the FAA and Cuba, a state sponsor of terrorism, unlawfully charging and keeping every red cent of the estimated $851 MILLION in fees users have paid for the use of our sovereign airspace since 2006. However, to suggest that Sir Lynden Pindling designated Cuba - a nation whose MIG’s bombed HMBS Flamingo in Bahamian