The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said on Thursday that domestic and international airlines operating in Nigeria sold tickets worth N505.2 billion in 2017.
The Director-General of NCAA, Capt. Muhtar Usman, stated this at the Quarterly Business Breakfast Meeting of the Aviation Round Table (ART) in Lagos.
The theme of the meeting was: โEvaluation of Safety and Security Performance of Aviation Agencies in the last four years.โโ
Usman, who was represented by the Director of Consumer Complaints Directorate, NCAA, Capt. Adamu Abdullahi, said the ticket sales increased by 14.2 per cent (N82.7 billion) compared to the N422.4 billion sold in 2016.
According to him, the eight domestic airlines sold N93.6 billion worth of tickets, while the 32 airlines on the international routes sold tickets worth N411.6 billion during the period under review.
He said the amount realized from the sale of tickets would have been higher if not for the closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, for six weeks to enable the government rehabilitate its runway.
โA stable forex regime, effective implementation of the Executive Order on Ease of Doing Business as well as the resumption of flight activities to the Maiduguri Airport, earlier closed due to insecurity, contributed to the increase,โโ the NCAA chief said.
