Federal Government Orders Flairjet To Pay N1 Million For Violating Travel Ban

A fine of one million Naira has been imposed on Flairjet, by the Federal Government, after the airline went against the regulations set by the Nigerian government.

The aircraft was impounded over a week ago, and the airline has been awaiting the judgement of the Federal Government.

Captain Haidi Sirika, Minister of Aviation, was the one who confirmed the news on his personal Twitter account, and relayed information about the violation of law that took place.

He said: “Flairjet were found to violate our Civil Aviation Regulations Implementation Standards 1.3.3(a) Table 2(IV)7(a) and IS 1.3.3(a)) Table 2 (VIII) (4).

The maximum penalty for each is N500,000. We caused them to pay and reported their callous misdemeanor to UK CAA, MFA and the UK High Commission.”

Sirika revealed last week that a Legacy 600 charter jet with registration number G-ERFX belonging to Flairjet, an airline that operates from Birmingham airport, UK, came in from Cotonou and landed in Lagos at 12.13pm on Sunday, May 17, 2020 carrying passengers.

He said the company applied several times to operate humanitarian flights and that approval was given but it decided to operate commercial services, charging money and flying in and out of the country.

The crew was arrested and aircraft was immediately impounded. The pilots were quarantined for 14 days.