The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) have disclosed that the total refund paid by Aero Contractors from January to August 2025 is 257,195,724.39 naira, for eight months.
The authority disclosed that the airline recorded 108,308,037.40 naira refunds over the same period in 2024 and 32,766,652.30 naira in 2023.
The NCAA disclosed these figures on its X handle on Friday.
According to the authority, from January to July 2025, the airline reported a total amount of 6,083,229 naira on hotel accommodation in 2025. This include verified records with Cocos Hotel, Grand Cubana Hotel, Abuja, NOCY Castle Hotel, Kim Royal Hotel, JC42 Apartment (Asaba), Mayor & Diplomat Hotel, Lagos.
The NCAA noted that the figures show that there is a remarkable improvement in compliance with Part 19 of the NCAA Regulations 2023.
“While acknowledging the peculiar challenges of our operating environment, the Authority will continue to protect the rights of all stakeholders,” the NCAA assured.
Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha
Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers.
She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay.
She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos.
As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender.
She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies.
Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the
prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category.
She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category.
She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations.
Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.
