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Monday, 18 July 2011

Local airlines raise fares by 50%

This can't be happening. If you haven't traveled locally in the last few days, then you should know that our local airline operators have increased air fares by over 50%, mostly on busy routes like Lagos-Abuja and Lagos-Port Harcourt.

A one-way ticket that used to cost about N24, 000 is now N36, 000. The increase was effected on Saturday July 16. Their reason? The airlines are blaming the increase on the scarcity and hike in the pump price of aviation fuel which now sells N190 per litre.

And we are an oil producing nation? SMH!
at 7/18/2011 09:56:00 am

17 comments:

  1. Lisa18 July 2011 at 10:00

    What we produce is crude oil. This is just raw material and still needs to be refined into petrol and other types of gas and incurs a hefty cost. Unfortunately, because we produce oil does not mean that it would be cheaper for us.

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  2. Anonymous18 July 2011 at 10:05

    Young shall grow buses are now very comfortable....to pay 25k for a 1hour trip is okay...but to pay 36k?....i'd go by bus. call me cheap.

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  3. Chilling18 July 2011 at 10:50

    On top of it all, those planes are like flying coffins.

    If only the roads were well maintained and there were no armed robbers, in a very good car it's better to go by road.

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  4. Lucia18 July 2011 at 10:58

    yes o! chsico here i come. i cnt afford this expensive airfares anymore o

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  5. wivesroundtable18 July 2011 at 11:54

    Not as if the airlines sef are safe these days.u are in a plane and u cant even relax and sleep cos u are scared to ur pants!on top of all the high BP u still pay thru ur teeth?they should go and sleep jare.This just means u either 'chisco' it or u siddon for one place!!!

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  6. Anonymous18 July 2011 at 11:57

    That's why i dey enter bus. Enter 25k aeroplane wey be 100years old waiting to crash.

    *ajalahtravel*

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  7. Bee18 July 2011 at 14:20

    Lisa,

    Because we produce oil, IT SHOULD BE CHEAPER......

    The problem is we don't have functioning refineries in our bloody country so we produce crude oil, pay to ship it out of the country, pay to refine it outside of the country and pay to bring it back in......Now you understand why the price is sky high.

    Truth is people will still fly or risk the madness of naija roads

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  8. Bee18 July 2011 at 15:02

    While on transporatition, Linda check this out

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2015714/Any-colour-long-white-Middle-Eastern-playboys-dazzle-London-supercars.html

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  9. meralyn18 July 2011 at 15:35

    It's appalling to me to see airline fees skyrocketing like this. What does it matter if you get the cheapest airline tickets if they tack on tons of fees on top of the price!

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  10. Anonymous18 July 2011 at 17:20

    even at 25k i struggled to afford the rates.at 36k i will struggle but still have to pay.
    there is simply no other alternative.it is shameful but true.
    i remember travelling over night within cities in South Africa,it was pure joy.good buses, above average roads,good food at the fuel stations,very clean rest rooms and lovely sights even in the night.
    yet they say south africa is the crime capital of the world.
    we have a very long way to go.

    Linda,check try post that drug busting article i sent you.

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  11. Anonymous18 July 2011 at 18:19

    I just converted 36k to pounds and USD. 9ja is a crazy place to live. People living in nja are flush with money. On a good day you will get to New York from UK one way with $237(N36K) or cheaper. 36k will get you two(2) return trips from Ireland to UK which is 1hour flight. When politicians are dishing out money to ppl while won't the airline, landlord and cost of living go sky high.

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  12. Majorbigboy18 July 2011 at 19:47

    F..k Nigeria!!! It is a country of fools.I would not waste my knowledge on this matter

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  13. RealTalk18 July 2011 at 19:54

    Sorry but I really dont trust Nigerian flights

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  14. Ade_Cool18 July 2011 at 20:31

    On a good day you can travel to any location in Europe if u reside in a European city..and even get a ticket to the USA..if you got a good Agent..nonsense!!..
    They want to kill people with misery in that place..Rise in Armed Robbers..'cos political thugs proceed to Armed Robbery after elections with arms supplied by Politicians..Floods..Boko Haram..got to really see how you can love a country that continually hammers you into the ground
    On principle my people in Abuja wouldn't be seeing me in a wee while...

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  15. Anonymous18 July 2011 at 21:25

    @ Linda - And you were justifying Goodluck Jonathan paying/budgeting N50 000 to each person who attended his youth meeting in Lagos. Perhaps, now you are seeing the bigger picture. A country which produces crude & yet doesnt have adequate refining capacity because of a lack of prudent management of resources yet its government goes about on a spending jamboree for frivolities - WE ALL PAY FOR ITS FAILURE!!

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  16. Anonymous19 July 2011 at 09:01

    clowns clwns clowns!!!.
    this country is just a mess and a disgrace 2 humanity.....methinks its time 4 the final solution - 3 tactical nukes dropped @ the 3 corners of this shithole called nigeria wud end this misery and disgrace called nigeria!

    f**king senseless,clueless baboons

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  17. Anonymous19 July 2011 at 11:48

    I am still Laughin at the "flying coffin" comment... Choi!!! So runs babes yu pay N36k x 2 wht is left of the N100k.F**K Fee?? O gaan ROTFLMAO

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