NIGERIA AIR PASSENGERS ENJOY 50% REDUCTION ON AIR FARE

Princess Stella Oduah

Nigeria air passengers are now  enjoying a new lease of life as airfares on domestic routes have crashed by about 50 per cent. The prices have dropped from N32,000 to N16,000 for an hour’s flight, following the recommencement of flight operations by Dana Air and Chanchangi Airlines, as well as the coming on board of a new carrier, Med-View Airlines.

Masquerade234 gathered that the suspension of by Air Nigeria, Dana Air, FirstNation Airlines and Chanchangi Airlines around the middle of last year had led to over 35 per cent increase in airfares from an average of N22,000 to N32,000. The period witnessed desperate passengers fighting to get seats on Arik Air, Aero Nigeria and IRS Airlines, the only major domestic airlines in business then and flight tickets were sold for between N30,000 and N35,000.

However the return of Dana and Chanchangi and the commencement of flights by a new operator, Med-View Airlines, in the last two months have led to the drop in airfares, according to findings

Dana Air sells its one-hour flight ticket (economy class) for between N14,000 and N20,000 depending on how early a passenger buys the ticket.

Meanwhile the National Assembly has asked the executive arms of government to revoke Dana License due to irregularities in acquiring its license.