11 airlines inactive, fail to renew licences

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Over one year after the expiration of their Airline Operator Certificates, some charter airlines are yet to get recertification, MAUREEN IHUA-MADUNEYI reports Eleven non-scheduled airlines involved i

n charter flight services failed to renew their Air Operator Certificates which expired between 2018 and mid-2019.

The remaining seven operators’ certificates expired at different times in 2019, the latest being in the month of August. It is issued by the NCAA once an intending operator has the required personnel, assets and systems in place to ensure the safety of its employees and the general public. He explained that the process of getting or renewing an AOC, though capital intensive, was standard practice all over the world to ensure that the operator had the necessary requirements to run an airline.

The Head of Research and Corporate Travel at Zenith Travel, Mr Olumide Ohunayo, said some of the challenges confronting airlines and even those intending to get an AOC or revalidate an existing one included paucity of funding, manpower and equipment. Following the warning, the regulatory agency had gone ahead to list the current certified charter operators.

 

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