Business Airfares rise by 40 per cent during Ramadan Rush

jeff juwana

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The Ramadan holidays has witnessed massive movement of passengers across the country’s major airport in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Uyo. Due to this influx of passengers, a lot of the domestic airlines had raised their fares with some raising their fares by as much as 40 per cent.
An air ticket from Lagos to Kano, which usually goes for between N23,500 and N27,000, rose to about N35,000 between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.
Flights from Lagos to Abuja, which normally costs between N19,000 and N25,000, depending on the airline and the time of flights, sold for as much as N30,000 on Thursday.
In the usual trend, touts, who paraded themselves as agents in connivance with some airline employees, contributed to the fare increase, as desperate travellers who were only interested in getting to their destinations, fell prey to the agents.
 
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