Tourism · Nigeria
License a travel agency (NCAA/NANTA/IATA)
License a travel agency for ticketing/travel operations: incorporate → apply to the NCAA → join NANTA → NCAA certificate then IATA accreditation.
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Who you will deal with
The steps
- Incorporate with qualified personnel
- Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)
- Incorporate an LLC with a minimum paid-up share capital of ₦2,000,000 and staff trained in airline ticketing.
- Certificate of Incorporation; ₦2m paid-up capital; trained personnel
- See CAC procedure
- Apply to the NCAA (Director-General)
- Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)
- Apply in writing to the Director-General with the CIC, MEMART, evidence of qualified personnel and a non-refundable ₦100,000 fee.
- Application; company docs; ₦100,000 fee; staff evidence
- Application stage
- Join NANTA
- National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA)
- Obtain NANTA membership — mandatory for ticketing and travel operations.
- NANTA membership
- Concurrent
- NCAA certificate then IATA accreditation
- NCAA / IATA
- The NCAA issues the Travel Agency certificate; use it to apply for IATA accreditation (financial standing and ticketing compliance).
- NCAA certificate; IATA criteria
- On issuance
Also in tourism
The numbers behind the decision
Knowing the process is half of it. ONYX also tracks the operating environment you are entering — daily grid generation, official FX, state-level input prices and inflation, and sector output — each figure source-linked and dated.