FAAN jacks up PSC to N2, 000, $100

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has jacked up its Passengers Service Charge, (PSC) to N2, 000 for domestic and international $100 effective 1st August 2020.

The previous charge for domestic was N1, 000 while that of international was $50.

The increment and intention to implement the new charges was communicated to the Airline Operators Committee in a memo titled: Implementation of Approved New Passenger (PSC) Effective 1st August 2020.

According to the memo, “The implementation of the new PSC is premised on the approval given by the Minister of Aviation in the attached letter referenced FMT/FMA/COM/T/69 dated 3rd August 2017, which was sought with the intention to improve and upgrade the airport infrastructure among others.”

“We recently notified the Honorable Minister of Aviation of our intention to commence the implementation effective 1st August 2020.”

The memo read, “Suffice to mention that on several occasions, we had engaged NCAA and relevant stakeholders which delayed the implementation date, some of the engagement are as follows: Setting up an in-house committee to come up with strategies for smooth implementation, Sensitization of the general public (press etc), Engagement of stakeholders, airlines etc.”