Despite economic constrictions in the country, airfares have been on consistent rise; that on Wednesday a return ticket for one hour flight was N300, 000 and there are indications that as December draws nearer, flight ticket costs will continue to skyrocket. THISDAY investigations at the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and […]
Air travellers across Nigeria have decried the high fares being charged by airlines for domestic flights despite the massive decline in the cost of aviation fuel. Airlines still charge as high as N60,000 for one-way ticket for domestic flights in Nigeria, despite the decline in the cost of aviation fuel from over N900 per litre […]
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) in a review of 2022 said it witnessed a lot of challenges, ranging from high cost of aviation fuel, scarcity of the product, high exchange rate and paucity of dollars coupled with environmental challenges like bad weather that caused flight delay inadequate airport facilities, which encumbered facilitation. The high […]
Stakeholders in the aviation industry have agreed that the solution to the high price and sometimes scarcity of aviation fuel, known as Jet A1, is the local refining of the product and called on the federal government to do everything possible to rehabilitate existing refineries and give the needed support to Aliko Dangote to quickly […]
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, (NCAA) has assured that air travel is safe in Nigeria despite the crisis caused by high cost of aviation fuel and attendant high cost of flight tickets. In order to ensure that airlines do not compromise on safety, NCAA said that the regulatory authority is currently carrying out financial and […]
