In the last few hours, Nigerians, particularly Igbos; have been circulating documents (see below) suggesting that Air Peace Airlines operates a discriminatory fare regime. These persons that have besieged the internet space allege that for similar distances, Air Peace fares for routes in South East Nigeria are usually higher compared with that of the same Airline to routes in Northern parts of the country .
The Chairman of Air Peace Airlines, Chief Allen Onyema debunks this allegation and expresses displeasure that those who find time to accuse him falsely all the time are mostly Igbos.
Read full text of his response:
“… We do not discriminate against South East. It is the same fare. They are advertising their ignorance. It has become a pastime for my fellow brothers to attack me and Air Peace. We do not discriminate against South East. It is the same fare that is loaded for all the routes all over Nigeria.
Our fares start from N23,000. It progresses from there to N60,000 which is our highest economy class fare. For an aircraft that carries 136 passengers(12 business class and 124 economy) the fare is allocated as follows: N23,000 – 10seats; N27,500 – 20 seats; N30,000 – 25seats; N33,000- 15seats, N35,000 – 15seats; N42,000 – 10 seats; N47,000- 5seats; N50,000 – 5seats, N55,000 – 5seats and N60,000 – 14seats.
The above fares are loaded in the system for all the destinations- North, East, South and West. No discrimination. If the first 10 seats of N23,000 fare finishes, the system will automatically start showing the next fare which is N27,500. If the allocated seats on this finishes, it will migrate to the next until it gets to the last 14 seats which is N60,000.
So what happens is that as it is getting fuller, the higher fares would be showing up. Now, the Eastern routes, because of traffic, gets sold out faster than some places thereby showing higher fares faster but the other destinations, though slower, will also pay the same higher fares as they get fuller too.
It is highly mischievous of anyone to be accusing me and Air Peace of discrimination. It has become a pastime for people to try to make themselves popular by attacking me. They will never get that popularity but will surely reap notoriety for their deliberate falsehood.
Our fares are the cheapest in Nigeria for our type of aircraft.
COME AND SEE THE TRUE NATURE OF THE IGBO MAN(NDI OGBU NWANNE HA)!AIRPEACE WHY?Barr Allen Onyema, Is this TRUE?A. NORTHERN NIGERIA ROUTES:1. Lagos to Kaduna (1hr 20 mins) = #48,7002. Lagos to Kano (1hr 30 mins) = #33,0003. Lagos to Abuja (1hr 15mins) = #38,800B. SOUTH EAST NIGERIA ROUTES:1. Lagos to Asaba (1hr ) = #95,4002. Lagos to Enugu (1hr ) = #95,0003. Lagos to Owerri (1hr ) = #95,400©Onyeze Henry Ndukwe Orji
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