Aviation is not contributing significantly to the nation's GDP. Chinedu Eze writes that the government should step in urgently to salvage the industry
Industry analysts estimate that the Nigerian aviation industry has lost up to 30 percent of passenger traffic since 2015 owing to the economic recession. The expectation was that airlines would slash airfares to attract more passengers to travel but instead, airlines have increased fares by over 35 percent on the busy domestic routes, thus shrinking the market further.
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