The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has directed its departments and regional offices to suspend regulatory and administrative services to 11 domestic airlines over unpaid statutory charges.
The affected airlines were placed on the agency’s updated “No-Pay-No-Service” list following outstanding debts owed to the aviation regulator.
The directive was contained in an internal memo issued by the Director of Finance and Accounts, Olufemi Odukoya.
According to the memo, all directorates have been instructed to withhold services from the affected operators until they settle their debts or agree on repayment arrangements with the authority.
The dispute centres around the mandatory five per cent Ticket Sales Charge and Cargo Sales Charge collected by airlines on behalf of the NCAA.
The regulator explained that the charges are important for funding aviation safety oversight, personnel training, economic regulation, and other operational responsibilities within Nigeria’s aviation sector.
Airlines affected by the directive include:
• Air Peace
• Ibom Air
• Arik Air
• United Nigeria Airlines
• Umza Air
• NG Eagle
• Max Air
• Caverton Helicopters
• Overland Airways
• Rano Air
• ValueJet
The memo, which was circulated across NCAA regional offices and copied to the Director-General of Civil Aviation and other senior officials, stated that no department should provide services to the listed airlines without financial clearance from the Directorate of Finance and Accounts.
“We have directed that no directorate should render any service to the above airline without financial clearance from the Director of Finance and Accounts,” the NCAA stated.
