Passengers in Enugu State and its environs have expressed worry over the crash in prices of air fares against the projections of economic indicators.
A passenger, Mr. Emeka Dinobi, wondered why Arik Airline and Air Peace would charge N31,000 and N28,500 respectively for a return Enugu-Abuja ticket when a dollars sells for N220 against N160 as at November last year.
He said: “Something must be wrong. There is no aviation fuel,the dollar has increased by 40 per cent and there is a crash in air fares.
“If you are rendering service to somebody and the cost is far bellow the service, then you should be suspect. As at last year when aviation fuel was not scarce and dollar was N160, air fares stood at N50,000 to and from.
“I think they are compromising standards somewhere to bridge the gap. Safety of passengers should be paramount in all consideration. We would not want to hear of any air mishap.”
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foolish man
ReplyDeleteYour are the one that is more foolish and gullible
DeleteYour are the one that is more foolish and gullible
DeleteIs this how you were brought up?? Get some home training pls
DeleteOgogoro man dey complain day air price come down. I'm sure he's a thief.
ReplyDeletewhy did you call him foolish? People generally like free things, but this man has expressed his opinion which is rightfully his. Please say your own and do not insult others.
ReplyDeleteMy first thought before reading the full story was that the rich always like exclusivity. But I think there is a point in what the man said.
ReplyDeleteThe airlines might not be breaking even due to low patronage occasioned by the high fares. Reducing price will increase patronage. Increase in turnover will be of advantage to a firm whose fixed costs form a high percentage of total cost.
The regulators should monitor the activities of the airlines to ensure safety is not compromised.
Stupid Man, do you have airline business to be able to determine the cost of doing the business. Money miss road.
ReplyDeleteMugu!
ReplyDeleteThis man has a point and you all are insulting him because of your knack for everything cheap "cheap article dey run belle" Una go soon find out say safety is way better than cheap. Even at the high price I still won't fly a Nigerian airline anyways because of their laissez faire attitude
ReplyDeleteThis man has a point and you all are insulting him because of your knack for everything cheap "cheap article dey run belle" Una go soon find out say safety is way better than cheap. Even at the high price I still won't fly a Nigerian airline anyways because of their laissez faire attitude
ReplyDeleteThis man has a point and you all are insulting him because of your knack for everything cheap "cheap article dey run belle" Una go soon find out say safety is way better than cheap. Even at the high price I still won't fly a Nigerian airline anyways because of their laissez faire attitude
ReplyDeleteDo you want us to believe that, safety is infinitely proportional to cost? Are you saying the petrol we buy by the roadside (black market) is safer than the one gotten from petrol station, since the black market one costs more? Do you care to bring in other variables at all? What was the patronage then, compared with today's? Assuming each flight was half filled, thus cost was borne by fewer people, will you expect the same fare if the number of passengers on each flight has doubled?
ReplyDeletePls, if you have made too much money and feels very unsafe on a plane with commoners, kindly buy yours and stop the hullabaloo except you have a worthy reason to complain about. Atondu Akaan
The fear this man expressed is legitimate only under ideal situations. Now let me express my thinking. In the first instance, we are being deceived and duped in Nigeria by many of those business men and women and the reason is that we don't have a well structured system. There is a lot of bribery going on and once these lope holes are blocked, we will begin to see downward review of prices for many services. Second, the airline operators might have been recording low turn out, therefore they decided to reduce the cost of flight. I might be totally wrong with my thinking though. But genuinely this is what I feel might be happening going by the system I know so well. My friend, here abroad, prices of commodities and services don't sky rocket the way it is in Nigeria. We need to refine our structures and have good leaders.
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