Tag: Air Peace

Passenger Arrested For Stealing On Air Peace Flight

Ganiyu Amodu

A passenger caught with stolen items on an Air Peace flight from Lagos to Port Harcourt has been arrested and blacklisted by the airline. In a statement on Thursday, the airline’s Head of Corporate Communications, Ejike Ndiulo, confirmed that the suspect was found in possession of the missing items after a thorough search upon arrival at Port Harcourt International Airport. Ndiulo said the passenger was immediately handed over to airport police for further investigation and necessary action. “We confirm an incident of in-flight theft onboard Flight P47190 on February 19,…

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More Nigerians Shun Air Travel, Air Peace, Others Suffer Losses

Abibat Babalola

Despite increasing airfares by over 100 per cent, domestic airline operators are still groaning under the weight of high cost of aviation fuel, also known as Jet Al. The problem has escalated, as they are currently witnessing massive drop in passenger traffic across the major airports in the country. The domestic airlines include Arik Air, Azman Air, Overland Airways, Air Peace, Max Air, Ibom Air, United Nigeria Airlines, and Green Africa Airways. The airlines had lamented that petroleum product contributes about 60 per cent of their daily running cost, and…

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N50,000 Airfares Hike by Nigeria’s Operators Potentially Dangerous – FCCPC

ADEOLA YUSUF

Dr. Babatunde Irukera, Executive Vice-Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, unearths potential dangers, effects on customers for competitors in airlines business to conspire, agree, or arrange to coordinate in a manner that changes prices   Its been a little over a week that Nigeria was greeted by what appeared to be a rather bold statement by at least one member of the Airline Operators Association about a fare increase to a base N50,000 on all sectors of operation within Nigeria. An increase in fare…

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Airline Operators Hike Economy Class Ticket For Nigerians To N50,000

Tade Salako

The 100% increase, which has taken effect immediately with price changes obvious on the website of many airlines, comes amidst rising inflation in the country and widely bemoaned economic hardship. Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have increased the price of flight tickets for economy class to Fifty thousand naira. Platforms Africa reports that the increment was concluded at the meeting of the operators in Lagos on Saturday where the operators outlined the high cost of jet A1 fuel, forex scarcity, double-digit inflation, increase in ground handling charges, cost of buying…

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BREAKING: Passengers escape death as Air Peace plane tyre bursts in Ilorin

Dawood Rabiu

Following the tyre burst and alleged crash-landing by an aircraft in the fleet of Air Peace, the runway of the Ilorin International Airport has been closed to traffic. Many passengers, including some highly-placed Nigerians, narrowly escaped death.   READ ALSO: LATEST: Military Plane Crashes, 17 Dead, 40 Injured REVEALED: Three Times Kaduna Plane crashes Killed Top Army Chiefs, Governor PIB: Buhari approved 5% for host communities, Minister slashed it — Senator Calling them Bandits Wrong, Nigeria-Lawmaker Demands Namechange for Bandits   All flights to Ilorin have also been canceled until…

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