Airline operators face 2 years in prison as NCAA moves to enforce 5% charge on ticket sales

Airline operators in Nigeria risk a two-year imprisonment, N5 million fine, or both for failing to remit the mandatory five percent charge from sales of tickets and cargo services.

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) disclosed this in the newly introduced Civil Aviation Act (CAA) 2022 made available to the media on Tuesday.

This comes after the agency had accused domestic airlines of breaching the country’s financial rules.