Overview
- The Airline Operators of Nigeria, in a letter on Tuesday, set Monday, April 20, as the date they will suspend all domestic flights unless jet fuel prices drop.
- The aviation minister, in a Thursday letter, asked carriers not to raise fares or halt service and set a high‑level meeting for Wednesday, April 22.
- Airlines say Jet A1 prices have jumped about 270% since late February to roughly ₦3,300 per litre, a level they say makes flights unprofitable.
- The fuel marketers’ group MEMAN disputes the airlines’ figures, saying the quoted price is over 40% above its market survey and that jet fuel requires costlier handling and equipment.
- Regulator data shows about 2.1 million litres a day were used in March, while the Dangote refinery made no local jet fuel deliveries as exports of refined products more than doubled.