‘Passenger Service Charge Belongs To NCAA’

The five percent Pas
senger Service Charge (PSC) collected by airlines operating in Nigeria statutorily belongs to the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), which the regulatory agency uses in running its day to day activities.
The Acting Director-General of the NCAA, Mr Benedict Adeyileka, disclosed this in Lagos while speaking at the presentation of the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) to Azman Air recently.
According to the Director Genera, some operators had the erroneous belief that the PSC belongs to them and that they are doing the NCAA a big favour by remitting it to the agency.
Mr Adeyileka said it was for the convenience of the passengers that is why it was factored into the ticket, explaining that salaries and training of staff of the NCAA were some of the activities gulping the money.
Advising the airline, he said getting an Air Operator Certificate was not the problem but what you do with it, how you manage it in the course of operations and how the passengers are treated will determine the image of the airline before the flying public.
The Acting Director General told the management of Azman Air that it should feel free to come to NCAA any time the Airline had any problem, adding that “our doors are very open, we are there to solve any problem that may arise in the industry.
We do not play politics with safety, we want the airline to survive and your continued operations means money for the NCAA to perform its statutory functions. We shall ground any airline that violates safety rules,” Adeyileka said.