The National Bureau of Statistics has stated that air transportation rose by 96.87 per cent in one year.
In its report titled ‘transport fare watch’ (September 2022), the Bureau noted that the average fare paid by air passengers for specified routes single journey, increased by 96.87% from N36,922.97 in September 2021 on a year-on-year basis.
According to the statistics body, on a month-on-month basis, it increased by 11.76% from N65,041.89 in August 2022 to N72,690.54 in September 2022.
Data from the report indicated that the average fare paid by commuters for bus journeys within the city per drop increases by 2.19% on a month-on-month from N602.48 in August 2022 to N615.69 in September 2022.
