The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said that it did not increase any of its charges as was recently reported.
FAAN said this in reaction to a story written by a popular media, and making the rounds on social media, with the caption, ‘charges stifles flight operations as KLM, Lufthansa, Emirates, others increase airfares by 100%.’
The authority said that the charges being collected by FAAN are statutory, and therefore cannot be increased without the knowledge of its esteemed passengers and other airport users.
“While it is true that the cost of aviation fuel has gone astronomically high and has adversely affected airline operators worldwide, culminating in an increase in ticket fares, we want to reiterate that FAAN has not increased its charges.
“We are mindful of the challenges of our esteemed passengers and other airport users as a result of the increase in airfares, hence the need not to do so.
“However, the federal government and agencies within the aviation sector have intensified efforts to ensure that the challenges facing them are resolved,” FAAN said in a statement.