I haven't flown locally in a while so I don't know how these things work but here's something a LIB reader sent in. Read below...
"I am really worried with the way things are going in this country. I
was at Uyo airport on my way back to Abuja and we were made to pay N1000 for service charge. Is the service charge not included in the
ticket? They made it compulsory for everyone to pay N1000 cash
before you will be allowed to check in. Please let the right thing be
done and let the appropriate authority intervene because this is extortion.
Thanks
97 comments:
Mtseww Silly people. God help us.
Smh hardship everywhere... Lindaobserve
This is not new.Aero Contractors has been doing it..They only just stopped recently. FAAN should look into it
Sorry dude
Can u tell us the airline and also did u confirm from the airline because its the duty of the airline to pay the service charge. Most airline included it in the fare.... but maybe u have promo ticket.....
Smh.. with Buhari, every will b in accordance nigeria.
Nigeria my country, where everyone tries to extort you,yet we alll scream change...pathetic
Can u tell us the airline and also did u confirm from the airline because its the duty of the airline to pay the service charge. Most airline included it in the fare.... but maybe u have promo ticket.....
Same thing at Asaba Airport. I just tire.
Na dem sabi
Corruption will kill whosoever is responsible for the charge.
Hmmmmm, really extortion, and I wonder d service they r providng b4 embarking on dis bogus charge. God help us.
Please my dear there is only one thing you (and everyone else) could do to save us from this kinda humiliation.
March 28th is the date, APC is the party and Buhari is the name.
Let us witness a lasting solution to corruption in this nation
Crooks!
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Aero in Imo Airport collects 1k too, I tire oooo
What? This sentence makes no sense. I thought Warri no dey carry last?
Service charge ko, service charge ni! All these goverment organizations always looking for ways to rip off people in the name of better services. Linda take note!
Service charge ko, service charge ni! All these goverment organizations always looking for ways to rip off people in the name of better services. Linda take note!
My dear very annoying sh***t. I Don pay tire .
a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Welcome to naija....
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Its true ooo.....funny enough its only in akwaibom...i wonder y dem no gree get senz
I felt the exact way when I flew through uyo airport in October 2014, I was amazed at the fact that after I had checked in my bags, they wouldn't let me go to the waiting lounge without paying for the so called service charge. It's ridiculous because they are the only airport that do this ... Don't even see what will be taking me to Uyo again ,,, the place is overhyped
Same thing happened to me at Asaba airport on Saturday. First time transiting the Asaba - Lagos route and i was asked to pay N1k service charge.
It is not the airlines that impose this charge IMO, it is the Airport Authority as i have flown Aero a number of times and have never been asked for this service charge.
I love u for this... #nohomo. Saibuhari
Reaping where they do not sow. God wil judge them.
In naija anytn goes if its tru den its stupid anyways cos wat if 1 doesn't hv moni 2 pay dts how u will b detained.
This is not new.
I am surprised that somebody is just complaining about this. this has been since 2011.i have been paying passenger service charge since 2011 and I don't want to mention the airline's name but at a point,I thought it was a federal whatever because nobody seemed to be complaining.And I have payed this in Lagos, Abuja, ASABA and BENIN airports.so I felt it was a new order from the FG.
AUNTY LINDA PLS POST THUS COMMENT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
Na wah o.Wonder shall never end
FAAN shud be alerted and let demlook intoit
Moye says so via BB Passport...Courtesy LIB....
I had to pay the service charge of N1000 in the asaba airport on 3rd Jan, 2015. It's only N1000 but why not include it in the ticket price so we know we're done with all payments once the ticket is bought?
Mumu,it' s not the airline but the airport it self. That is the way they operate there.
Stop flying Aero. It's normal with promo ticket.
Same thing at asaba airport, n I dnt fink it's abt the airline u using cus I questioned dem n dey said as far we r flying from dat airport we wud av to pay n also cus it's a state airport. It's very annoying though!!
Vote for #Change and things will turn around for good in this country.
Too bad
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AUNTY LINDA please take this passenger service charge stuff seriously because it is fraudulent and this is the only medium we can use now to expose these fraudulent acts to the WHOLE WORLD. Please cooperate with us let's fight corruption in this country. Nigeria doesn't have a sound judiciary or law enforcement agencies but GOD had finally given us a weapon the masses can now use to fight corruption and that is the SOCIAL MEDIA!
AUNTY linda I hope you understand how this is important to us all.
pele!
Hahahaha...Hahahaha !
OH NIGERIA ! ! !
Like buhari wll be positioned at the airport to stop extortion *ode*
Broad day robbery. God have mercy
NA SO DEM DE COLLECT E DON TEY.....TOMJERRYSWIT
All I have to tell you is "Sorry".
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Linda haven't flown locally in a while too....
This is day light robbery. I myself have had to pay this 1k service charge a number of times when leaving Uyo airport. It is not tied to any airline, for the mere fact that you are passing through Uyo airport you must pay 1k! So Akpabio has been collecting this charge for well over 2 years now from every single traveller from Uyo. Why?! What nonsense, why is it not done in other states and whose pockets have the millions of N1k been entering all this time?! Uyo State Govt, please stop this daylight robbery. I'm glad this reader brought up this injustice. Stop it. Passengers should start boycotting this corrupt practice!
Hi everyone, it is not an airline thing. I work with an airline in one of the state owned airports and need to explain why they collect that. Uyo and Asaba airports are privately owned by the state governments and they want to collect the service charge themselves. MMA2 is privately run not by a state but the airlines pay to them so it is included in the airfare.
Maybe they will stop collecting it when they hand over the airports to FAAN. As an airline staff, while using these airports, we pay for the service charge.
Nigerians and ways ov gaining extra cash..so annoying
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This is day light robbery. I myself have had to pay this 1k service charge a number of times when leaving Uyo airport. It is not tied to any airline, for the mere fact that you are passing through Uyo airport you must pay 1k! So Akpabio has been collecting this charge for well over 2 years now from every single traveler from Uyo. Why?! What nonsense, why is it not done in other states and whose pockets have the millions of N1k been entering all this time?! Uyo State Govt, please stop this daylight robbery. I'm glad this reader brought up this injustice. Stop it. Passengers should start boycotting this corrupt practice!
Sorry man.
We don't know what are country is turning to.
Me! I don't even fly locally @ all
Somebody is making cool cash here
Somebody is making cool cash here
Most times it's added to the tickets you have already bought and it's stuck on your boarding passes. Arik I know charges it alongside the ticket fare, so you don't feel it. It's FAAN charges or something. Don't know about other airlines. But I know some airlines charge that separately. Calabar I know they did it when I used Aero sometime ago, but I don't know about Uyo route.
Must u call people names To make your point? He is telling you what is obtainable, u are there insulting him/her. Service charge is meant for FAAN, most times the airlines include it in their ticket, and they later reconcile account with FAAN and if FAAN feels like the airline is jot to be trusted, then they collect their money demselves which is what is happening in UYO.
This is wrong
This is wrong
This is wrong
this is not new. Asaba Airport started collecting service charge over 3years ago. Illegality plenty o...do you know it is easier and cheaper to cross the Seme border without a passport than with a passport?....If your passport na fresh na over 4k to take you in and out.
So wrong.
Honestly I was so surprised when my aunty had to pay it. I hope they do something about it..
review of why men marry bitches
Its been like this since 2011 especially in abuja. When they started most airlines didn't include it but later the prominet ones like aero,arik include it in their fares
The #1000 actually goes to faan as service charge. The airlines were not remitting the 1k to FAAN so FAAN decided to start collecting it directly.
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Too much insulting
True word@annanymouse 11:54,the way and manner d insult people here is getting out of hand! Linda is all comment u shud approve! Take note:
Talking about airlines, please Linda. Tell First Nation Airlines to pay salaries. The owner is a thief, he takes our pensions and never remits,he is owing over 4months salary and still makes his staff work endlessly. This is slavery, we should speak out please, we are supposed to be one Nigeria and we oppress ourselves like this. It's so unfair. Pls call out to first Nation to pay. If NCAA intervenes, the idiot will bride them and keep them quiet. Their aircrafts are not in good condition, still they are made to fly like that. We need to start creating awareness. Bottom line is I need my salary from First Nation Airlines. I have a family to feed
Prepare 2 av heart attack on saturday... cos Jona is d man of d year!
It is not new. I paid it way back 2013 and my friend I was with made me realise it was the norm there.
And u tink dis 1k business started now...dey have bin collecting it since 2008.
It's also a personal experience I had on February 25, 2014. I had to inquire from them what that money, taken without a receipt or ticket, was meant for.
I made some little noise with them and left, not knowing that other people are having the same feelings like I do.
This is extortion of the highest order. Calculate the amount of money the airport robbers make in a day. This money is taken no matter the air line you use, as long as you board at Uyo airport.
So SAD. This is not Goodluck Johnathan ooo but I believe they will say that he is the wrong doer in all sectors.
Lolz@like Buhari will be
Positioned at d airport to stop extortion!
I was at Uyo Airport yesterday and was made to pay same.
I feel this is not right.
Can u imagine? Nigerians wake-up! I pledge to Nigeria my country to vote Buhari and Osinbajo on 28 of march, to be gentle, loyal on election day, to say NO TO GEJ and PDP party again with all my strength, to protect my PVC even close to polling booths and uphold no violence and trouble.. So help me God..
Forward this to ur frnds if u love Nigeria ur country, enough is enough PDP and GEJ corrupt Government must go. #ihavedecided to vote for #change#
This is very true. Had an experience at the ilorin airport on my way to Abuja. Everyone was asked to pay N1000 before u can check in. This so wrong
Yes, Linda. I've been in a few local airports in Nigeria. Uyo was the only one I was asked to pay 1,000 service charge. i was quite surprised, I looked around and it seemed "normal". I just paid it because I didn't want to miss my flight but this should be looked into. It's plain extortion!
Ok I work in that same uyo, and I want to make some things clear.. yes d service charge was initially incoperated in d ticket, but for over two years the airlines deliberately refused to remit the share back to d state government, how does d airport run without cash, so it was agreed that the cash be collected from source I.e from passengers
Sorry for all the inconvenience caused but it was a decision that had to b taken at that time
Y is it nt so in other local airports?
I have experienced it too in Uyo airport...very bad...I didn't understand what it meant...i didn't even have cash on me...but for my sister who dropped me...she bailed me out...it's really bad and should be looked into
Yesso, i lambasted the guy at check in on my return flight from Uyo to Lagos in December. I asked him what would happen if i had no money with me, will i be barred from my flight? Absolute nonsense.
Yesso, i lambasted the guy at check in on my return flight from Uyo to Lagos in December. I asked him what would happen if i had no money with me, will i be barred from my flight? Absolute nonsense.
My brother/sister, you obviously are just using that airport for the first time. This has been going on since that airport was opened and the most painful aspect is that not all passengers pay this money. You can confirm this.
Rhats true.That happen to me in july when i travel to uyo.
If you are able to afford a flight ticket of several thousands of Naira, you should not complain about service charge(s) of just N1,000!
I reside in uyo and yes it's 100% true. God help us in this country of ours! Smh
#smh - even the quality of the board worse than okada and keke marwa.
#MamaWar said that if you are in Labour go and vote first before you go to the hospital; tells you how much HATRED this woman has for other Nigerian women and children (even those yet unborn).
#Message from the Pope: Accompany the victims! Come to the aid of the poor! Teach the youth! Become promoters of a more just and fraternal society!
thats my state, na so we see am oh...so sad
My gf has the experience regularly & she travels to Uyo with Aero quite often. No promo ticket or such.
What kind of silly thing is that
So y isnt d fair cheaper by 1k when flying tru akwaibom since d cash wld b collected by hand.
Ders still an extortion going on somewhere.
Its eida, d fare shld b less d extortion fee or something.
Ur very stupid for dis statement. Onye ara!
Very true part of Akpabio's boastful uncommon transformation. U see every silly thing in Nigeria because of lawlessness and poor governance.
smart! to them, since its just 1k people wont complain, 1k x 100 passengers is 100k! ridiculous!!
Corruption everywhere in Nigeria and our President says "stealing is not corruption".
Its normal in uyo airport na, is she jst flyin frm uyo for f 1st tym? D 1k is compulsory o..no movement for u if u no pay d service charge o...GEJITE
Pls oh Uyo Airport is owned by the Akwa Ibom State govt. The money goes to the state govt and not FAAN.
Yeah got real they collect it, was at uyo couple of time last year and I was surprised they asked me to pay they said the airport isn't for the FAAN that is still for the state govt. #SOSUCK
They charge the same amount at Asaba too. Compulsory
I have experienced this twice when I visited Uyo. I think this service charge thingy should stop after all other airports don't do the same. Its really annoying particularly with the way the staff will act up as if you're about to join a tricycle. ~pissed~
I work at the AkwaIbom international Airport and wish to explain the rationale for the NGN1,000.00 Passenger service charge.
1. The passenger service charge is a charge applicable at most airports in the world
2. Payment for this charge may be direct or indirect .
3. The airport chose a direct collection because the previous method of collection which was indiect did not yield the desired result .The airlines collect on our behalf but do not remit as at when due. This resulted in the airport being owed huge sums.I must point out that the passenger service charge accounts for over 80% of aeronautical revenue.
4. It should be noted that the airlines do not charge the PSC for flights originating out of Uyo since the airport collects the PSC directly. Prior to the commencement of direct collection , the airlines were duly informed and asked to remove the PSC from their fare basis for flights originating out of Uyo.
5. Therefore, its the same charge collected in other airports. The difference is the method of collection.
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