Again Air Peace & other airlines to increase airfares as NAMA raises charges by over 800 per cent

The Nigerian Airspace Management Authority (NAMA) has said that it will increase route charge.

The managing director of NAMA, Umar Ahmed Farouk, disclosed that the route charges will increase from N2000 to N18,000 He also said the agency would hike its surveillance charges from N50,000 to N450,000 to cover energy and logistics costs

Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has disclosed that it will raise en route navigational charges from N2000 and N6,000 to N18,000 and N54,000 per flight.

The agency also increased the extension of service hours to airlines from N50,000 to N450,000, representing an 800% increase per extension to allow the agency to recover the cost of diesel and other logistics during the period.

Airline operators raise alarm on New airfares as one-way ticket skyrockets Nigerian Airspace Management Authority (NAMA) to hike charges

This Nigerians arecto brace for fare hikes aa aviation experts say the development implies an imminent increase in airfares by domestic airlines to reflect the new increases.

The managing director of NAMA, Umar Ahmed Farouk, disclosed this on Friday, July 26, 2024, at the League of Airports and Aviation Correspondent (LAAC) seminar in Lagos. Reports say that in January, NAMA and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) held a strategic meeting with airline operators to review the N16,000 Terminal Enroute Navigational Charges. The meeting tried to get the airlines’ understanding of the rate review, which the airlines agreed needed to be adjusted.

NAMA said it decided to ease its airspace surveillance and airport security cost, which could lead to high-cost increases in domestic and international airfares.