Private jet owners in the country
yesterday commenced an indefinite
strike over a directive from the
Nigerian Airspace Management Agency
(NAMA) announcing a new price
regime for all private airlines
operating in the country.
In a circular dated November 18, 2013,
and signed by the agency’s director
of operations, Mr J.C. Onyegiri, on
behalf of the managing director, all
foreign registered aircraft engaging in
non-scheduled operations were
directed to pay the sum of $3,000 fees
for every departure except round
trips without changes in passenger
manifest or return ferry. Such fees,
NAMA maintained, must be paid in
advance and before any departure.
The circular further directed all
Nigerian aircraft engaging in non-
scheduled operations to pay the sum of
$2,500 as fees except round trips
without changes in passenger manifest,
or return ferry adding that such fees
must be paid in advance and before
any departure.
According to the circular, the fees shall
include landing, parking, navigational
and terminal navigational charges and
shall be in respect of the first 10 hours
after which additional parking charges
may apply.
Earlier, the tariff on private jet or
charter operations was not unified, and
each agency was expected to collect its
own fees. For instance, the Federal
Airports Authority of Nigeria collects
tariffs on landing and parking, while
the Nigerian Airspace Management
Agency (NAMA) charges its
navigational fees which is based on
their operations.
According to industry sources, the
FAAN collects about $320 for
overnight stay of the jets at the airport
and about $10, 000 monthly on parking
fees on a jet from those who do not
have private terminals. However, the
fee charged for landing depends on the
aircraft’s weight and the time it lands
at an airport.
According to statistics obtained from
FAAN’s website, the rate varies for day
landing, $0.00909/kg; night landing,
$0.01364/kg. Parking for the first
three hours does not attract any fee.
For the Gulfstream G450 aircraft, with
landing weight of 29,935kg, the airport
authority would charge the owner
about $273 or its naira equivalent for
day landing, while it would take $408
for night landing.
When the spokesman for NAMA Supo
Atobatele was contacted to speak on
what the agency collected from the
private jet operators before the
introduction of the current tariff, he
said the current tariff was new and
includes all the charges like landing
and parking, and navigational fee and
it has been introduced as a means of
increasing the revenue generation of
aviation agencies.
Efforts to get speak with Yakubu Dati,
spokesman for the aviation agencies,
did not yield result.
The new directive took effect from
yesterday.
yesterday commenced an indefinite
strike over a directive from the
Nigerian Airspace Management Agency
(NAMA) announcing a new price
regime for all private airlines
operating in the country.
In a circular dated November 18, 2013,
and signed by the agency’s director
of operations, Mr J.C. Onyegiri, on
behalf of the managing director, all
foreign registered aircraft engaging in
non-scheduled operations were
directed to pay the sum of $3,000 fees
for every departure except round
trips without changes in passenger
manifest or return ferry. Such fees,
NAMA maintained, must be paid in
advance and before any departure.
The circular further directed all
Nigerian aircraft engaging in non-
scheduled operations to pay the sum of
$2,500 as fees except round trips
without changes in passenger manifest,
or return ferry adding that such fees
must be paid in advance and before
any departure.
According to the circular, the fees shall
include landing, parking, navigational
and terminal navigational charges and
shall be in respect of the first 10 hours
after which additional parking charges
may apply.
Earlier, the tariff on private jet or
charter operations was not unified, and
each agency was expected to collect its
own fees. For instance, the Federal
Airports Authority of Nigeria collects
tariffs on landing and parking, while
the Nigerian Airspace Management
Agency (NAMA) charges its
navigational fees which is based on
their operations.
According to industry sources, the
FAAN collects about $320 for
overnight stay of the jets at the airport
and about $10, 000 monthly on parking
fees on a jet from those who do not
have private terminals. However, the
fee charged for landing depends on the
aircraft’s weight and the time it lands
at an airport.
According to statistics obtained from
FAAN’s website, the rate varies for day
landing, $0.00909/kg; night landing,
$0.01364/kg. Parking for the first
three hours does not attract any fee.
For the Gulfstream G450 aircraft, with
landing weight of 29,935kg, the airport
authority would charge the owner
about $273 or its naira equivalent for
day landing, while it would take $408
for night landing.
When the spokesman for NAMA Supo
Atobatele was contacted to speak on
what the agency collected from the
private jet operators before the
introduction of the current tariff, he
said the current tariff was new and
includes all the charges like landing
and parking, and navigational fee and
it has been introduced as a means of
increasing the revenue generation of
aviation agencies.
Efforts to get speak with Yakubu Dati,
spokesman for the aviation agencies,
did not yield result.
The new directive took effect from
yesterday.