Mr Allen Onyema, the Chairman of Air Peace Limited, says it is cheaper flying to Europe than some African nations like Gabon, Niger, Togo and Cote D Ivoire=.
Mr Onyema who stated this in an interview with a television crew last week, explained that some African nations like Togo and Ivory Coast charge Nigerian airlines as much as $10,000 to land, while they do not face similar actions in Nigeria.
According to him, the attitude of these African nations contravened the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) treaty, as the nations involved have signed the treaty to freely give access to member states.
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“When I applied to Ivory Coast, I was frustrated. Togo said her space will not be open to us because they want to protect their airlines. That did not change until I decided to go to court to stop an airline from coming from that place.
“When they give you this permit, the type of charges they slam on you is exorbitant. It is like asking us to pay about $10,000 each time we land in the nations. How many people do we have on board to make such payments? But the Federal Government is doing something about it now,” Mr Onyema explained.
