After Attracting Airlines, Fare Crashes On Ilorin Route

Date: 2021-06-21

The commencement of Air Peace daily flight operation to Ilorin International Airport last week has triggered competition on the route with fare crashing, Daily Trust reports.

There are now three airlines operating to the state including Overland and Arik Air.

Overland had enjoyed monopoly on the route, operating daily Lagos-Ilorin flights, and Abuja-Ilorin flights.

Arik only operates four weekly flights from Abuja to Ilorin and Ilorin-Abuja.

Flight tickets had been in the region of N60,000 and N70,000, and passengers could pay higher during a surge.

But with the monopoly broken, air travellers anticipate relatively cheap fares on the Lagos-Ilorin, Abuja-Ilorin routes henceforth. Checks yesterday on Overland Airways indicated that the cheapest Lagos-Ilorin fare quoted by the airline is now N29,500 while the highest was N47,000, dropping from N38,500 and over N80,000 earlier.

Ilorin Airport Manager, Olatayo Oginni, said two other airlines would soon commence flights to the airport, adding to the three airlines operating. He anticipated a further crash in the airfare to the state.

Commenting, President of Ilorin Emirates Descendants' Progressive Union (IEDPU), Alhaji Aliyu Ota Uthman, said Ilorin residents have suffered in silence over air fare from Ilorin to Lagos and Abuja.

He said the commencement of flight by Air Peace is a relief to them as it would bring about fare reduction.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Joseph Offorjama     Wale Oladepo     Universal Basic Education Commission     Kola Ologbondiyan     Trader Moni     Elewu     UNIFEMGA     Amos Sayo     EFCC     NaAllah     CACOVID     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     HICA     NULGE     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Salman Alada     Bello Bature     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Balogun Gambari     Kunle Suleiman     IHS Towers     Iqra Books     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Ayekale     Metro Park     Alapansapa     Kwara Polytechnic     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Erin-ile     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Moses Rahman Popoola     Atiku     Modupe Oluwole     Saka Aleshinloye     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Ilesha-Baruba     Shehu Jimoh     Adegoke Bamidele     Idi-Ape     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     General Hospital, Offa     Suleiman Mora Omar     Okedare     Yetunde Balogun     Quarry Royal Valley     Tuesday Assayomo     Mary Arinde     Firdaos Amasa     Lai Mohammed     Emir Of Shonga     Abdulraheem Olesin     New Naira Notes     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Kwara Basketball Association     KWAFFA     Amos Justus Sayo     UITH     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Isiaka Yusuf     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Vasolar     David Oyedepo     Abubakar Aliagan     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Ibrahim Labaika     Mazars Consulting     Folorunsho Alao     March 18    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulrazaq Sanni     Oluwole Dupe     Kwara South     George Innih     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Akanbi-Oke     Diagnostic Centre     Tsaragi     Binta Abubakar Mora     Laduba     Offorjama     07039448763     New Model Police Station     Saheed Alakoso     Segun Ogunsola     Bello Abubakar     Shao     Government House     Fatimat Saliu     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Aminu Adisa Logun     KW-GIS     Sherif Sagaya     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     UITH     Dele Momodu     Saliu Tunde Bello     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Amos Justus Sayo     Kwha.gov.ng     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Femi Agbaje     Makama     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Saka Aleshinloye     Medview Airlines     Ilorin South Constituency     Congress For National Consensus     Akorede     Oyun     Sidikat Alaya     Bio Ibrahim     Lai Gobir     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Ilorin General Hospital     Idowu Laro     Bashir Adigun     Unilorin     Bamikole Omishore     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Idiagbon     Gaa Olobi     Transition Implementation Committee     Kamaldeen Gambari     Durbar     Dogara     Tuesday Assayomo     Neo Mundo Ltd     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Ayegbeni     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Okin Biscuit     Sadiq Buhari     Kola Bukoye     Metro Park     Alapado     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Yusuf Mubarak     Olusola Saraki     PPS