Transport

NCAA Directs Airlines To Airlift Passengers Without QR Code

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has direct­ed airlines to ferry passengers without QR codes onboard their aircraft.

This is as the regulatory agency threatened to sanc­tion any airline that airlifts passengers without the neg­ative COVID-19 PCR tests to Nigeria to the tune of $3,500 per passenger.

NCAA in a circular to the airlines, especially the foreign carriers, said that this became necessary following the diffi­culties several intending pas­sengers are having with the use of the online platform for uploading information before their flights.

QR Codes are popularly known as 2D barcodes. By scanning them via a smart­phone, travellers can access the information encoded.

The online hitches have con­tinued to make payments and printing of QR codes required for travel to Nigeria very diffi­cult for several passengers.

In a circular dated Septem­ber 8, 2020, signed by Capt. Musa Nuhu, Director-Gener­al, NCAA, urged the airlines not to disembark such passen­gers on their flights.

The memo read in part: “Air­lines are hereby notified that the presentation of evidence of payment receipt in the form of a QR code is recommended for all passengers but not a manda­tory requirement for boarding flights to Nigeria for now.

“Airlines are advised to allow passengers without a QR code to board as a tempo­rary measure until additional on-going work to the payment platform is completed. Air­lines will be informed in the coming days of any changes in this requirement.”

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