The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) hereby dissociates itself from a trending story to the effect that it is planning a reintroduction of the $300 landing fee from helicopter operators in the country. This issue has been put on hold since May 2024 with the intervention of the Hon. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, who, along with the agency, is still consulting with critical stakeholders on the matter. The insinuation, therefore, is baseless and unofficial and was never contemplated by the agency.
NAMA wishes to use this medium and disabuse the minds of operators and airspace users generally about the said misleading publication. To avoid doubt, the agency, as a law-abiding corporate citizen of this country, cannot embark on such a venture without recourse to extant rules and adequate input and buy-in from the concerned stakeholders.
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), therefore, uses this medium to advise helicopter operators to go about their legitimate duties as the agency continues to work assiduously to ensure the safety of air navigation in the country.
