{"id":132489,"date":"2021-07-05T09:53:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T13:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=132489"},"modified":"2021-07-05T09:53:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T13:53:35","slug":"heres-why-the-50-percent-reduction-in-airport-taxes-have-not-been-applied-to-ticket-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/heres-why-the-50-percent-reduction-in-airport-taxes-have-not-been-applied-to-ticket-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s why the 50 percent reduction in airport taxes have not been applied to ticket prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-540374394\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Postpaid_Come Cross Postpaid 1200x400_Opt.1_1\"><img 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696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Browne announced at come June 28, regional airport taxes will be reduced by 50 percent.<\/p>\n<p>However, this has not yet occurred.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1284757091\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Postpaid_Come Cross Postpaid 1200x400_Opt.1_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Postpaid_Come-Cross-Postpaid-1200x400_Opt.1_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Postpaid_Come-Cross-Postpaid-1200x400_Opt.1_1.jpg 1201w, 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