Local Airfares Skyrockets As Lagos To Abuja Hits N 77,000

The fare for local flights has grown beyond the boundary of normal.

Information filtering in has it that, especially affected is fare for Abuja to Lagos.

A source who shared his experience on a social media forum claims Dana flight from Abuja to Lagos hits the N77,000 mark this morning – Saturday, December 23, 2017.

“Those that were for 65- 70,000 were fully booked” he disclosed

And further revealed “my friend was fortunate to see a lone seat on Arik for 50,000”.

The sources hotly engaged those who tried to contest his claim insisting he was at the Airport in Abuja to see things for self.

Checks revealed middlemen, alleged to be colluding with airline officials behind the skyrocketing prices.

The ploy at work usually see passengers told the flight is fully booked while the “middlemen” offer to provide a seat on the “officially fully booked flight” at increased cost.

While the rising fare for Abuja to Lagos is tagged “scary”, the cost of traveling by air out of lagos is labeled “not as bad”.