Average air fare increases by 18.54% YoY in December – NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said average air fare increased by 18.54 per cent Year-on-Year (YoY) performance in December 2020.

The bureau said the Transport Fare Watch report for December 2020 covers the following categories namely bus journey within the city per drop constant route; bus journey intercity, state route, the charge per person; airfare charge for specified routes single journey; journey by motorcycle (Okada) per drop; and waterway passenger transport.

According to the report, “Average fare paid by commuters for bus journey within the city increased by 6.18per cent month-on-month and by 78.50 per cent year-on-year to N354.49 in December 2020 from N333.86 in November 2020.

“States with the highest bus journey fare within city were Zamfara (N600.50), Bauchi (N526.30), and Cross River (N458.07) while States with lowest bus journey fare within city were Abia (N200.50), Anambra (N242.23), and Borno (N243.12).

“Average fare paid by commuters for bus journey intercity increased by 4.98 per cent month-on-month and by 41.14 per cent year-on-year to N2,532.19 in December 2020 from N2,240.66 in November 2020.

“States with highest bus journey fare intercity were Abuja FCT (N4,415.73), Sokoto (N3,255.20), and Lagos (N3,250.60) while States with lowest bus journey fare within city were Bayelsa (N1,550.73), Bauchi (N1,600.70), and Akwa Ibom (N1,700.54).

“Average fare paid by air passengers for specified routes single journey increased by 0.42% month-on-month and by 18.54 per cent year-on-year to N36,454.59 in December 2020 from N36,301.74 in November 2020.

“States with highest air fare were Anambra (N38,700.00), Lagos (N38,550.00), Cross River (N38,500.00) while States with lowest air fare were Akwa Ibom (N32,600.00), Sokoto (N33,500.00), and Gombe (N34,750.00).

“Average fare paid by commuters for journey by motorcycle per drop increased by 6.14% month-on-month and by 124.73% year-on-year to N293.36 in December 2020 from N276.38 in November 2020.

“States with highest journey fare by motorcycle per drop were Niger (N1,575.70), Yobe (N397.45) and Imo (N397.42) while states with lowest journey fare by motorcycle per drop were Adamawa (N80.40), Katsina (N130.25) and Kebbi (N146.25).

“Average fare paid by passengers for water way passenger transport increased by 0.19% month-on-month and by 33.56% year-on-year to N758.27 in December 2020 from N756.84 in November 2020.

“States with highest fare by water way passenger transport were Delta (N2,300.35), Bayelsa (N2,240.00) and Rivers (N2,200.00) while states with lowest fare by water way passenger transport were Borno (N240.73), Gombe (N293.24) and Kebbi (N349.64).”