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.

Abioye Bello     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Law School Scholarship     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Dan Masanin     Millennium Development Goals     Mahe Abdulkadir     Bature Bello     Abegunde Goke     Baba Issa     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Moses Afolayan     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Olushola Saraki     Ramadhan     Bolaji Nagode     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     National Party Of Nigeria     Yeketi     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Bisi Kristien     Folorunsho Alao     Taofeeq Olateju     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Quarry Royal Valley     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Muhammed Abdullahi     Galland Marcias     Orire     Fola Consultant     Isiaka Gold     Al-Ilory     Olofa Of Offa     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Mukhtar Shagaya     Edret Sabi Abel     Isaac Gbenle     Babatunde Idiagbon     Amos Bajeh     Ahmed \'Lateef     Paul Odama     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Javed Khan     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Aliyu Salihu     Assayomo     Moro     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Erin-ile     Dele Belgore     Lukman Adeloyin     Raimi Iyanda     Tafida Of Kaiama     Agboola Abdulraheem     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Sherif Sagaya     Wale Oladepo     Government House     Unilorin FM     Kwara Poly     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Olusola Saraki     Musa Yeketi     Baba Isale     Usman Rifun     March 18     Ashiru     Modupe Oluwole     Ladi Hassan     BIR     Yusuf Lawal     NIPR     Kwara State Polytechnic     Kunle Suleiman     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Nigeria Computer Society     Balogun Ajikobi     Ilorin Central Mosque     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Noah Yusuf     Radio Kwara     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Lanwa     Ishola Abdullahi     JAMB     Igbaja     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Bashir Badawi     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Amos Bajeh     Ajakaye     Senate Presidency     Niyi Osundare     Gurei     Binta Abubakar Mora     Okanlawon Taiwo     Mahe Abdulkadir     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Aisha Gobir     Offorjama     VADA     Atiku Abubakar     Okoolowo     Gaa Olobi     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Idi-Ape     2017 Budget     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Jimoh Bashir     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Solomon Edojah     Ejidongari     Yakubu Gobir     Yoruba     Balogin Alanamu     Salaudeen Oyewale     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Pakata Patriots     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Ebola     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Oniye     Abdulraheem Olesin     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Ahmad Ali     Metro Park     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Bareke     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Tosho Yaqub     Young Progressives Party     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Bello Oyedepo     V.O. Abioye     Abubakar Suleiman     John Dara     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Surajudeen Akanbi     Idris Amosa Saidu     Ado Bayero     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Olugbense     Elekoyangan     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Rachael Obisesan