Aircraft owners and pilots have kicked against the plan by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to hike the Passenger Service Charge (PSC) from N1,000 to N2,000 for domestic flights and from $50 to $100 for international flights, representing 100 per cent increase, with effect from August 1, 2020. President of Aircraft Owners and […]
Aviation agencies, including Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), are unable to replace obsolete airport equipment, resurface dilapidated runways and provide other amenities to the airports, because of N45 billion debt owed by domestic airlines, THISDAY has learnt. THISDAY gathered that with […]
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said it has generated N6.112.8 billion ($16.98 million) as Ticket Sales Charge (TSC) from international airlines and over N9.16 billion from local airlines, totaling N15.273 billion between the months of January to August this year. This was disclosed to newsmen at the weekend in Lagos by the Director General […]
Workers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) will meet next week to agree on the commencement date for their proposed four-day warning strike to protest a recent directive by the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika that the agency should give five percent of its revenue from Passenger Service Charge (PSC) to Accident […]
Whereas aviation parastatals are insisting that airlines must pay their outstanding debts for services rendered, the airlines are contending that this is a ploy to force them out of business. Over the years, there have always been arguments over the debts owed by domestic airlines to aviation agencies, including the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), […]
