Average air passengers pay over N60,000 for single flight, reveals NBS

A report by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday disclosed that average air passengers pay N60,811.75  for a single flight in July 2022.

The bureau in its “Transport Fare Watch” report for July, said the average fare paid by air passengers for specified routes single journey, increased by 8.43per cent on a month-on-month from N56,082.64 in June 2022 to N60,811.75 in July 2022.

The report shows Transport Fare Watch for July 2022 covering the following categories: bus journey within the city per drop constant route; bus journey intercity, state route, charge per person; air fare charge for specified routes single journey; journey by motorcycle (Okada) per drop; and waterway passenger transport.

The report said: “On a year-on-year, the fare rose by 65.34per cent from 36,779.73 in July 2021.

“Also, the average fare paid by commuters for bus journeys within the city per drop, increased by 3.46 per cent on a month-on-month from N582.61 in June 2022 to N602.77 in July 2022.

“In terms of year-on-year, however, the average fare paid by commuters for bus journeys within the city per drop rose by 44.76% from N416.38 in July 2021 to N602.77 in July 2022.

“In another category, the average fare paid by commuters for bus journey intercity per drop rose to N3,758.46 in July 2022 indicating an increase of 2.61 per cent on a month-on-month compared to the value of N3,662.87 in June 2022.

“On a year-on-year, the fare prices rose by 47.85 per cent from N2,542.02 in July 2021. While the average fare paid for water transport (waterway passenger transportation) in July 2022 increased to N965.82 showing a growth of 2.39 per cent on a month-on-month from N943.26 in June 2022. On year-on-year, the fare rose by 15.56 per cent from N835.77 to N965.82 in July 2022.“At the state level the bus journey within the city (per drop constant route), Zamfara recorded the highest with N812.50 followed by Taraba State with N800.00. On the other hand, Rivers State recorded the least fares with N466.67 followed by Borno with N455.00. For intercity bus travel (state route charged per person fare) in July 2022, the highest fare was recorded in Abuja with N5,950.0 followed by Adamawa with N5,175.00.

“The least fares were recorded in Kwara with N1,687.5 followed by Bayelsa with N2,328.57. Taraba recorded the highest air transport charges (for specified routes single journey) with N70,000.00 in July 2022, followed by Abuja with N68,650.00. Conversely, Plateau, Ondo, Nasarawa, Kano and Borno recorded the least fare with N55,000.00. In July 2022, Kwara state had the highest motorcycle transport fare with N 718.89 followed by Lagos with N655.88. The least fare was recorded in Edo with N171.81 followed by Bayelsa with N175.00.

“Similarly, water transport fare was highest in Delta state with N3,250.00, followed by Rivers with N2900.00 while the least fare was recorded in Borno State with N345.50 followed by kebbi with N410.00 .”