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.

Kwara 2015     Shagari     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Edu     Coronavirus     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Bolaji Aladie     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Kemi Adeosun     MATTA Girls Foundation     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Femi Agbaje     Tayo Alao     Ohoro Of Shao     NSCIA     Albert Ogunsola     Village Alive Development Association     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Adeola Abraham     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Marafan Shonga     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Tinubu     S.O. Opowoye     Kawu Baraje     Kanu Agabi     Ayobami Akanbi     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Oba Of Jebba     Universal Basic Education Commission     BIR     Isaac Gbenle     Afetu Of Alabe     Busari Alabi Alausa     Nagode     Bolakale Saka     Turaki Of Ilorin     Sadiq Umar     Mohammed Yisa     Folorunsho Erubu     Kayode Laro     Olomu     March 28     Offa Metropolitan Club     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Michael Nzwekwe     Hausa     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Benin Republic     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Agor     Ariyo     Alapansapa     Oke-Oyi     Al-Hikmah Radio     NYSC     Olatomiwa Williams     Saka Aleshinloye     Salihu S. Yaru     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Ibrahim Gambari     Awodun     Afeyin-Olukuta     Yaman     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Towoju     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Olayinka Olaogun     Kamoru Kadiri     Akume     Tunji Moronfoye     Abubakar Suleiman     Adebayo Salami     Chief Of Staff    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kassim Babamale     Yahaya Dumoye     Kola Bukoye     Raymond Olaitan     GANZY     Isin     Erubu Oba Zubair     AGILE Programme     Amuda Bembe     Bola Tinubu     Shuaibu Yaman     John Olajide Adedipe     Overland     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Ahmed Alhasssan     Salman Alada     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Okanlawon Taiwo     Atunwa     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Aliyu Umar     April 11     Alfa Yahaya Road     Awwal Jawondo     Jaiz Bank     Agboola Abdulraheem     Ademola Kiyesola     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Revenue Court     Alliance For Democracy     Just Event Online     Garba Idris Ajia     NNPP     Kwabes     Adegoke Bamidele     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Kwara     Yomi Ogunsola     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Jimoh Akani     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Iyiola Oyedepo     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Rotimi Oyedepo     Ilorin Emirate     Okedare     Seed Technologies     Akeem Olatunji     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Inside Kwara     CCB     United Nigeria Congress Party     Moshood Bakare     College Of Health     Al-Hikmah Radio     Pakata Patriots     Jide Oyinloye     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Abdulmumini Jawondo     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Kaiama     Joseph Bamigboye     IYA ALFA NLA     Olateju Lukman     Kishira     Kwara State Government     Tunji Folami     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Zara Umar     Idofin     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Idowu Laro     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Abdulrasheed Akogun