By Dickson Omobola
Former Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, Mr Roland Iyayi, has faulted the five per cent Ticket Sales Charge, TSC, collected from passengers by airlines on behalf of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, saying it is unsustainable for domestic carriers.
TSC is a statutory levy collected on every airline ticket sold in Nigeria.
Iyayi, currently a trustee of the Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, also urged Federal Government to overhaul the existing TSC structure and channel the proceeds into a dedicated infrastructure fund to accelerate the development of Nigeria’s aviation sector.
He said the country’s aviation industry lacked the profit and market maturity required to support an ad valorem system of charges, adding that airlines were struggling to cope with the current arrangement.
