- Ahead of Christmas week, Airlines in Nigeria are already increasing their flight tickets from N150k to over N250k.
- AirPeace leads with the increased flight prices, followed by other Airlines, with Ibom Air having the most affordable flights during this time.
- However, flights heading to the South-South and South-East have higher prices compared to those headed for Northern routes like Kaduna, Kano and Abuja.
Flight companies in Nigeria are quickly increasing their flight prices ahead of the Christmas week. In a short period, these prices have gone from N150k to over N250k, and passengers that are mostly affected by this drastic increase in price are those travelling to the South-East and the South-South this Christmas.
Reports note that on their booking platforms, airlines like AirPeace and Dana Air are already asking for a swooping N250k for a one-way economy class seat, while return tickets are sold for over N500k.
However, the price increases for those travelling to the Northern routes like Abuja, Kaduna and Kano are not as high as for those travelling to the South-East and South-South.
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Reports note that Air Peace is currently charging passengers travelling from Lagos to Anambra N533,600, while Lagos to Enugu and Owerri return tickets are about N343,200 and N533,600 respectively.
Also, a one-way ticket on Air Peace from Lagos to Enugu on Tuesday, December 26 starts at N203,000 for morning flights and N233,000 for afternoon flights.
Another airline, United Nigeria Airlines has Abuja to Anambra flight prices and Lagos to Anambra, Lagos to Enugu and Lagos to Owerri prices at N441,000, N520,500 and N441,000 respectively. However, on the 21-23 December, the prices come down to N220,000 to N300,000 respectively.
Dana Air on the other hand is charging flights to Owerri at N400,000 for return tickets, and N200,000 to N250,000 for one-way flights.
Ibom Air on the other hand has flights for Uyo from December 22 to 23 at N203,000 and N253,000 for a one-way flight.
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