{"id":74138,"date":"2025-02-20T08:40:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T08:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/passengers-at-banjul-international-airport-to-keep-paying-20-security-fee"},"modified":"2025-03-12T20:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T20:37:10","slug":"passengers-at-banjul-international-airport-to-keep-paying-20-security-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/passengers-at-banjul-international-airport-to-keep-paying-20-security-fee","title":{"rendered":"Passengers at Banjul International Airport to Keep Paying $20 Security Fee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Ministry of Interior has announced that passengers traveling through Banjul International Airport will continue to pay security fees as previously stipulated. According to a press statement issued by the ministry, non-Gambian passport holders will pay $20 or its equivalent, while Gambian passport holders will pay D1000 per trip.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe general public is hereby informed that while efforts are made to secure the fees in the passenger tickets; payment of security fees at the Banjul International Airport for both departing and arriving passengers are as follows, Gambian passport holders remain D1000. Non-Gambian passport holders will pay $20 or its equivalent,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry also reminded the public of the government\u2019s 2019 agreement with Securiport LLC to establish a Civil Aviation and Immigration Security System (CAISS) at Banjul International Airport. Under this agreement, the security fee structure\u2014$20 for non-Gambian passport holders and, D1000 for Gambian passport holders\u2014was introduced to support the CAISS project.<\/p>\n<p>The contract with Securiport LLC, the Ministry states, aims to strengthen security measures and enhance the overall safety of airport operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we appreciate the Public\u2019s cooperation in implementing the CAISS project for enhanced security efficiency to continue, we assure of the Ministry\u2019s commitment to ensuring seamless border operations and the security of all passengers,\u201d the statement concludes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The Ministry of Interior has announced that passengers traveling through Banjul International Airport will continue to pay security fees as previously stipulated. According to a press statement issued by the ministry, non-Gambian passport holders will pay $20 or its equivalent, while Gambian passport holders will pay D1000 per trip. \u201cThe general public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":74137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-74138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Passengers at Banjul International Airport to Keep Paying $20 Security Fee - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ministry of Interior has announced that passengers traveling through Banjul International Airport will continue t ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/passengers-at-banjul-international-airport-to-keep-paying-20-security-fee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Passengers at Banjul International Airport to Keep Paying $20 Security Fee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ministry of Interior has announced that passengers traveling through Banjul International Airport will continue t ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/passengers-at-banjul-international-airport-to-keep-paying-20-security-fee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-20T08:40:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-12T20:37:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/02\/sm_1740029703.435725.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/passengers-at-banjul-international-airport-to-keep-paying-20-security-fee#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/passengers-at-banjul-international-airport-to-keep-paying-20-security-fee\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Passengers at Banjul International Airport to Keep Paying $20 Security Fee\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-20T08:40:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-12T20:37:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/passengers-at-banjul-international-airport-to-keep-paying-20-security-fee\"},\"wordCount\":235,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/passengers-at-banjul-international-airport-to-keep-paying-20-security-fee#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/02\/sm_1740029703.435725.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/passengers-at-banjul-international-airport-to-keep-paying-20-security-fee#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/passengers-at-banjul-international-airport-to-keep-paying-20-security-fee\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/passengers-at-banjul-international-airport-to-keep-paying-20-security-fee\",\"name\":\"Passengers at Banjul International Airport to Keep Paying $20 Security Fee - 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