High jet fuel costs due to Ukraine war ground Nigerian airlines

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The cost of a one-hour flight has more than doubled, says the country’s airline association

An Arik airline flight takes off from the domestic wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Nigeria. Picture: AFOLABI SOTUNDE/REUTERS

Domestic flights have been disrupted since March as some airlines started to cancel internal schedules while others delayed operations, citing scarcity of jet fuel. Jet fuel has risen to 700 naira per litre in Nigeria from 190 naira over a short period, the airline association said in a statement, saying that the cost of a one-hour flight has more than doubled to 120,000 naira, which is unsustainable.

 

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That time the country is an oil producing country

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