The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average price of domestic flight tickets in Nigeria rose to N123,700.14 in August.
In its ‘Transport Fare Watch’ report for August 2024, the NBS said this indicates an increase of 25.51 percent compared to July.
“In air travel, the average fare paid by air passengers for specified routes single journey was N123,700.14 in August 2024, showing an increase of 25.51% while compared to previous month (July 2024),” NBS said.
“On a year-on-year basis, the fare rose by 56.56% from N79,011.38 in August 2023.”
According to the report, Niger recorded the highest average prices of airplane tickets on a single journey with N129,575.21, followed by Abuja with N129,442.67.
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“Conversely, Zamfara recorded the least fare with N102,665.89, followed by Cross River with N120,088.93,” NBS said.
The bureau added that the south-east recorded the highest fare with N125,640.19, followed by the north-central with N125,420.29 while the north-west had the least with N121,957.18.
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