Some airlines cancelled and delayed flights out of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, following a standoff between the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the oil marketers over apron charges on Thursday. Many passengers were stranded at the airport when FAAN restricted oil marketers from accessing the airport to serve their client airlines.
April 7, 2023
Many passengers were stranded at the airport when FAAN restricted oil marketers from accessing the airport to serve their client airlines. FAAN was alleged to have increased the apron charge by over 200 per cent from N150,000 annually to N500,000, which the oil marketers kicked against, Daily Trust reports.
But a FAAN source said the increment was just 25 per cent and not 100 per cent as claimed by the marketers.The Regional General Manager /Airport Manager, NAIA, Kabiru Mohammed, who spoke on the development, explained that FAAN’s refusal to give the oil marketers access was due to the expiration of their apron passes and refusal to renew.
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