Nigeria airlines have increased fares for domestic flights
to at least N80,000 depending on the trip over the rising cost of aviation fuel
and foreign exchange (FX) crisis.
As at Friday, Azman Air flight
from Lagos to Kano/Kaduna increased from about N60,000 to N100,000.
Air Peace also increased fares to N80,000 for flights to
Abuja from Lagos, while a return journey is now N85,000.
From Port Harcourt to Kano, the flight price is pegged at
N85,000 for the same airline.
Ibom Air, on its website, pegged the price at N80,000 for
the same routes, while Max Air goes for N84,000 for Lagos to Abuja flights
while Port Harcourt to Kano is around N130,000.
The increase in fares may not be unconnected to the multiple
challenges in Nigeria’s air travel sector. The aviation industry is faced with
a surge in the prices of jet A1 fuel which is significantly affecting
operations.
During an emergency meeting with Hadi Sirika, minister of
aviation, on Tuesday, the Airline Operators Association of Nigeria (AON)
decried that aviation fuel has surged to about N1000 per litre from N180 per
litre.
Abdulmunaf Yunusa Sarina, president, AON, said the forex
crisis was also a huge burden on the industry.
On his part, Sirika said the variables impacting the crises
in the aviation sector were beyond the industry’s control, and as such, “there
is no immediate solution”.
He, however, said the federal government is working to end
the hike in aviation fuel prices through the revitalisation of refineries and
coming on stream of the Dangote refinery.
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