NATCA Urges Airlines to Pay Charges

Nigerian AirTraffic Controllers Association (NATCA) has appealed to airline operators in the country to always pay their charges promptly to the aviation agencies so that the industry would not collapse. The body also appealed to the Nigerian President through the Minister of State (Aviation), Senator Hadi Sirika and the National Assembly to prevail on the defaulting members of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) and other operators to allow good reasoning prevail by paying the charges in question and other charges as at when due. In an official statement jointly signed by both the President and General Secretary Comrade Eyaru Victor and Alawode Banji respectively, such payments would saved the industry from impending collapse and enhance the capacity of the agencies to effectively perform their duties. NATCA reasoned that since AON members are paid for the services they rendered to the flying public, they should in turn be ready to pay for the services rendered to them by the aviation agencies. According to NATCA, the federal government should also, as a matter of urgency, consider the refining Jet A1 in the country to reduce its present high cost for the survival of the Airlines and noted that the issues of multiple designation granted to foreign airlines should be reviewed by the federal government in the interest and the growth of the local airlines.