The federal authorities has appealed to home airways to not enhance airfares or droop flight operations as a consequence of a 300 per cent hike in aviation gas costs.
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Improvement, Festus Keyamo, stated this in a letter to the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) on Friday.
Keyamo stated the federal government was conscious of the rise in Jet A1 gas from N900 per litre as of February 28, 2026, to N3,300 per litre at present.
The minister famous that the proposed motion by the operators would have adversarial implications on the nationwide financial system, disrupt essential mobility and logistics networks, erode public confidence, and undermine the progress recorded beneath the continued reforms inside the aviation sector.
He additionally assured the operators that their considerations had been receiving consideration, noting that the administration of President Bola Tinubu accorded the aviation sector the best strategic significance and had initiated reforms within the sector geared toward supporting the expansion and sustenance of the companies of native operators.
He stated a high-level emergency stakeholders’ assembly had been scheduled to be held on Wednesday, April twenty second, 2026, in Abuja.
“On the outset, I want to commend the resilience, professionalism, and steadfast dedication of your members in sustaining air transport companies beneath evidently tough circumstances.
“Let me reiterate that the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu accords the aviation sector the best strategic significance. According to the provisions of the Civil Aviation Act, 2022, the sector stays a essential nationwide asset important to commerce facilitation, nationwide safety, employment era, and total {economic} integration.
“Additionally, you will acknowledge that the Authorities of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has initiated unprecedented reforms within the sector geared toward supporting the expansion and sustenance of the companies of native operators,” he stated.
Persevering with, stated: “In mild of the foregoing, I’m making the next appeals; First, I urge your members to train restraint with respect to any proposed enhance in airfares presently.
“Whereas the prevailing value pressures in your operations are totally acknowledged, any instant upward adjustment in ticket costs would impose vital hardship on the travelling public, doubtlessly depress demand, and restrict accessibility to air transport for a broad section of Nigerians.
“Secondly, I enchantment for the reconsideration of any deliberate suspension of flight operations. Such motion would have far-reaching adversarial implications for the nationwide financial system, disrupt essential mobility and logistics networks, erode public confidence, and undermine the progress recorded beneath the continued reforms inside the aviation sector.
He assured the operators that their considerations had “acquired the total consideration of the federal authorities and we will take instant steps to handle the problems.”