Aviation Workers Demand Payment of Ticket Sales Charges

A looming industrial dispute in Nigeria’s aviation sector has prompted aviation workers to issue a seven-day ultimatum to airline operators and other organizations that have defaulted on the payment of the five per cent Ticket Sales Charges owed to aviation agencies. This ultimatum was jointly signed by the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the National Union of Air Transport Employees.

The deadline follows the expiration of a previous 14-day notice served on 8 July, which lapsed on 23 July without any compliance from the affected operators. The five per cent Ticket Sales Charge is a statutory levy collected on every airline ticket sold in Nigeria, intended to be remitted to the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority and distributed among other aviation agencies to fulfill their financial obligations.

Airline operators had previously collected this charge on behalf of the authorities but have recently ceased doing so.