The Federal Government is ready to put in force a huge boom in aviation fees , intensifying worries from the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) concerning more than one taxation issues.
At a seminar hosted through the League of Airports and Aviation Correspondents in Ikeja on Friday, July 26, Umar Farouk, Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), introduced the approaching changes. Farouk found out that the corporation might be elevating its en- direction navigational fees substantially. The modern costs of N2,000 and N6,000 in step with flight will leap to N18,000 and N54,000, respectively.
Industry specialists expect that those hikes should result in a corresponding boom in airfares, probably escalating through as a good deal as 800 percent. The circulate comes amid ongoing criticisms from the aviation area approximately the economic pressures from numerous levies and taxes.
The new fees are set to take impact soon, prompting worries approximately their effect on each airways and passengers.
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