Wednesday, 2 January 2013

FG to acquire 30 aircraft, plans reduction in air fares


General Manager, Corporate Communications, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mr Dati Yakubu, stated this in Benin City, Edo State, yesterday, after assessment of on-going reconstruction work at the Benin Airport on Wednesday.

“The Federal Government is making plans to bring in 30 aeroplanes to assist local airlines. We believe eventually that we will have cheaper tickets and by the time we have cheaper tickets, there will be high traffic because if you cut down the cost of doing business, the person doing it will not have any option but to reduce the cost of running. We believe that one hour flight in Nigeria should not cost more than N10,000 to N15,000 and the whole idea is to make business cheaper and easier to operate, so that the beneficiaries would be the passenger. “

On the issue of abandoned aircraft across many airports in the country, he said, “we have given
 ultimatum to owners of abandoned aircrafts to remove them because they constitute menace to our airspace and airports. They are danger to the flying public because there may be places where these birds could hide.”

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

lol! is because this is now affecting the those in power,is now they want to act.As score