Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, don release data for August 2026 wey show say United Nigeria Airlines and Air Peace recorded flight delay rates pass 70 percent. Di NCAA Summary of Domestic Airline Flight Disruption Operations for August 2026 show say 4,765 out of 7,961 domestic flights wey 15 airlines operate during di month delay. Dat na about 60 percent of all flights. Anoda 36 flights cancel during di period.
United Nigeria get di highest delay rate among di airlines. Out of 1,231 flights, 943 delay, wey be about 77 percent of its operations. For di delayed flights, 116 delay between two and three hours, while 41 delay for three hours or more. Di airline also record eight cancellations, di highest among di airlines wey dey inside NCAA data.
Air Peace, di busiest airline inside di dataset by number of flights operate, record 1,330 delays out of 1,864 flights, wey be about 71 percent. Di airline also record di highest number of severe delays, with 108 flights delay for three hours or more, more than twice di figure wey any oda carrier record. E get 156 flights delay between two and three hours and record seven cancellations.
Across di industry, NCAA categorise delays into four bands: 16 minutes to one hour, one to two hours, two to three hours, and three hours or more. Di largest number of delays, 2,801, fall inside di 16-minute-to-one-hour category. But 642 flights delay by two hours or more, including 235 wey delay for at least three hours.
Oda airlines also record significant levels of delays during di month. Enugu Air get 582 delays out of 878 flights, wey be about 66 percent, including 46 flights delay for three hours or more. Arik Air record 188 delays out of 301 flights, or about 62 percent, while Max Air record 204 delays out of 336 flights, representing about 61 percent.
Di NCAA figures highlight significant variations in di reliability of domestic air services, with some of di country largest carriers recording substantially higher delay rates than di industry average. Di data also show say while most delays relatively short, hundreds of flights disrupt for two hours or more, including 235 flights delay for at least three hours.
For di oda end of di scale, Umza Air record di lowest delay rate among di airlines covered, with 52 of its 403 flights delay, wey be about 13 percent. None of Umza Air delays pass one hour, and di airline record no cancellations during di month. Xe Jet record 40 delays out of 127 flights, representing about 31 percent, while Binani record 22 delays out of 57 flights, or about 39 percent. NG Eagle record no flight operations during di month wey di report cover.
