The Federal Government has revealed that it has suspended the collection of certain fees, rents and charges at airports in a bid to support airlines and prevent their collapse.
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made the disclosure at Thursday’s briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja.
He said the fees were suspended for six months by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria at facilities that were under the control of FAAN.
The minister said FAAN took the measures for a period of six months, from April to September.
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Sirika listed the revenue lines as: “Ground rents, rents, service recovery charge and fees for concessionaires who pay yearly fixed rates in advance.”
He added, “And, of course, these are only for FAAN controlled airports. This is in addition to the N5bn that government has doled out.
“Government is still considering how it can help look into the aviation industry again and come up with solutions and further palliatives, inclusive of the earlier ones from the Central Bank of Nigeria that will be able to give loans at single digits.”
