3 months on, domestic airlines’ audience with Tinubu remains elusive, survival battle deepens

By Chinelo Obogo     
talktonelo@yahoo.com
Three months after Nigeria’s domestic airlines sought President Bola Tinubu’s intervention over soaring operating costs, the country’s carriers are still waiting for an audience with the President.
This comes as crippling jet fuel prices and multiple taxes continue to threaten the industry’s survival.
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), the umbrella body for domestic carriers, had requested a meeting with Tinubu following the April crisis that pushed the price of Jet A1 from about N900 to as high as N3,300 per litre, sparking fears of a nationwide shutdown.
At the height of the crisis, the airlines accused fuel marketers of explo...