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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average cost of domestic flight tickets in Nigeria increased to N73,267 in one year.
The NBS disclosed this in its recent Transport Fare Watch report for November 2022. The latest figure shows that airfares increased by N36,245 which also resents a growth of 97.90 percent year-on-year.
According to the report, the average price of a single flight ticket increased by 0.09 percent from N73,198 in October to N73,267 in November 2022.
The average fare paid by air passengers for specified routes single journey, increased by 0.09 percent on a month-on-month basis from N73,198.65 in October 2022 to N73,267.57 in November 2022,” On a year-on-year, the fare rose by 97.90 percent from N37,022.97 in November 2021.
The report further showed that the states with the highest average prices of airplane tickets on a single journey include Taraba (N77,100), Delta (N76,500), Bayelsa and Oyo with N76,100, each.
States like Niger (N67,100), Gombe (N70,000), and Nasarawa (N70,100), recorded the lowest prices rate.