The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has
directed all airlines, domestic and charter, operating in the country to pay
all unremitted funds accruable to the agency within two months.
The NCAA also directed that the automation of
payments to the agency by airlines, which offers real-time transparent
transactions, must be completed within two months.
his, it was disclosed, will put an end to the
endless reconciliation of data and reduce high debt profile of airlines to the
regulator.
The directives were given in Lagos on
Wednesday at a meeting with airline operators on non-remittance of five per
cent ticket, cargo and charter sales charges.
According to a statement by the general
manager, public relations, NCAA, Sam Adurogboye, the Director General of the
agency, Capt. Muhtar Usman, presided over the meeting, which had top officials
of the agency and representatives of the airlines in attendance.
Muhtar was quoted as saying that the TSA and
TCA are collected at source from passengers by airlines on behalf of the
Federal Government, to enable all aviation agencies carry out their
responsibilities of providing safe, secure and efficient regulatory services
for the overall benefits of all aviation stakeholders.
He stressed that it is therefore important
that airlines desist from using the funds, which they hold in trust.
Muhtar said, “the TSA/TCA automation of
payments, which offers real-time transparent transactions must be completed
within two months to remove endless reconciliation of data.
“The 5 per cent TSC be On gross ticket
excluding VAT and passenger service charge only.”
Some of the resolutions of the meeting
include that, going forward, all airlines must provide to NCAA the breakdown of
the recently introduced ‘taxes+fees’ component on all passenger tickets, which
include the amount due to each government agency.
The agencies and the corresponding charges
are the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria – passenger service charge; the
Federal Inland Revenue Services – five per cent VAT; and the NCAA – five per
cent ticket sales charges.
The meeting also resolved that any add-on
charge, surcharge (fuel surcharges) or miscellaneous charges to be added on
passenger ticket by airlines must be approved by the agency.
After deliberations, Capt Chimara Imediegwu
of First Nation Airline, who led the operators’ delegation, asked for
adjournment till next week Wednesday, April 27, to enable the airlines hold
further consultations on timelines for the agreements and implementations.
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