These charges are recognised by ICAO and accepted as an operational cost, so our airlines should brace up to it.
When the honourable minister granted the airlines a three year grace to pay back public funds collected and spent by the airlines, while also lampooning the agency heads for daring to put their foot down .it was glaring, the government had surreptitiously encouraged inefficiency on the platter of blackmail which naturally has come back to hunt them.
The airlines have consistently refused to meet their obligation to agencies; they also would turn around to accuse them of providing sub-standard services.
The airlines should negotiate the charges with NAMA and probably ask for some rebate on routes with low patronage or frequency rather than refusing to pay. It is unfair not to pay those charges considering NAMA is a self funding organization that must be committed to safety in the air and on ground through maintenance of its equipment and motivation of his sensitive workers.
It is also an aeronautical blackmail to claim NAMA is on strike when they are not or to include NAMA charge on your ticket when the business plan or operational budgets should have taken cognizance of navigational charges whether in arrears or in the new format.
The airlines should realise that the pay –as-you –go policy is fallout of their accumulated debts and the irritating penchant of circumventing the system through blackmail and executive intervention.
They should also reorganize themselves, starting with the AON, the umbrella body of the airlines, that body is an embarrassment to the industry with key officers coming on air with different positions just like they did sometime ago when they wanted bailout, which was championed by stakeholders.
Finally, our airlines should reverse the present culture of dodging and blackmailing to coughing out outstanding debts, it’s a prerequisite for running efficient carriers that needs the support of the traveling public, stakeholders and the government.
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