NCAA said some domestic airlines had been flouting the Covid-19 safety protocols Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has vowed to revoke the licence of domestic airline operators over non-compliance with the COVID-19 protocols of the Federal Government.
The NCAA Director General, Musa Nuhu, issued the warning in
a letter to all operators (DG39/20) with reference NCAA/DG/AIR/11/16/267, dated
Sept. 21, on Monday in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the title of
the letter was “Non-Compliance with COVID-19 Protocols’’.
Mr Nuhu said the warning was necessary because some domestic
airlines had been flouting the protocols.
The director-general added that continuity in that line would attract severe penalties, including revocation of approval.
According to him, the continuous non-compliance with the
COVID-19 protocols will attract severe penalties up to and including
cancellation of approval to resume domestic operations.
He said: “It has been brought to the notice of the Nigerian
Civil Aviation Authority that some domestic airline operators have not been
complying with the COVID-19 protocols.
“These protocols were released through All Operators Letter
(AOL) DG035/20 ref. NCAA/DG/AIR/ 11/16/260, dated Sept. 4 and an Advisory
Circular (AC) NCAA-AC-AMS-006, also dated Sept. 4.
“Approval for resumption of domestic operations are predicated on compliance with the above protocols.”
Mr Nuhu added that this was a warning to all domestic
operators who were not in compliance to desist from such acts immediately
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