Nigerians have raised concern over skyrocketing prices of airfares despite assurances by the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, to address the matter.
Although the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has set up a committee to look into price hikes by foreign airlines, nothing has been done to regulate the prices of domestic flights.
Chief Executive Officer of SYT communications, Mr Simon Tumba, attributed the increase in airfares to high cost of aviation fuel, high exchange rate as well as high aircraft maintenance fees. In his reaction, an aviation expert, Mr Olumide Ohunayo, described the airfare as crazy even as he blamed the development on airline operating cost, which has skyrocketed.
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