Passengers have continued to express concerns over the skyrocketing airfares, even as a one-way ticket from Abuja to Lagos hits between N109,000 and N369,000.
Checks show that Arik Air charges between N151,000 and N175,000 for Friday, October 25, which is one of the peak periods, while Air Peace charges around N151,000 to N369,000. Business Class on Arik is about N242,000 to N361,000.
Although Air Peace and Arik are not the only airlines caught in the web of increasing airfares, other airlines, including Virgin Air, United Nigeria, Ibom Air, and Aero Contractors, among others, also have their fares within the range of N100,000 to N174,000.
Airline operators have attributed the increase in airfares to volatile exchange rates, high costs of aviation fuel, increasing charges by aviation agencies, frequent delays by air traffic controls, which lead to increased fuel consumption and costs, reduced competition…
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