My people, make we settle down well as we discuss wetin Air Peace CEO, Allen Onyema, don yarn about this wahala wey don dey surround Nigerian airlines. E don clear say dem dey attack airlines as if dem be demons wey just wan chop people’s money.

Onyema drop the matter for ARISE News wey him talk say those wey dey accuse airlines of price gouging no sabi wetin dem dey talk. E even ask, wetin una use take calculate this kind talk? Na because dem dey run dey mouth? Make we hear road.

Him talk say during festive season, especially flights wey go Southeast, ticket price no dey show exploitation; na operational reality. E add say when dem dey go, na full house, but as dem dey come back, e go dey like say na ghost dey inside plane.

“No be every ticket dey sell for 500,000 or 400,000 o,” Onyema clarify. E talk say make passengers sabi say if dem book early, dem fit get ticket for 150,000. E go shock you say dem fit sit down for same plane; one person fit pay 125,000 and another fit drop 350,000. Na aviation standard, abeg. Na only in Nigeria? No!

Make we shift attention small, Onyema don talk say for all those times wey people dey complain sey airline dey collect high fare during Christmas, na wetin dem suppose understand as operating cost. Na so e dey work for aviation business.

For the humanitarian side of things, Onyema don explain wetin happen when dem bring Nigerians back from South Africa for free. Dem dey ask why Air Peace no dey run dat kind free show for Christmas flights, but he clarify say dem no be the same matter. Na life wey dem wan save; dem no go just carry aircraft go anywhere wey people wan enjoy Christmas.

As e dey talk about customers, Onyema dey vex as e dey see how even the chai chai users dey pin airlines for high pricing matter. Na different factors dey at play. “We dey manage big costs such as high fuel prices and taxes wey heavy,” Him talk say from every 350,000 ticket, only 81,000 naira dey enter airline pocket after dem run dem through all these wahala.

“Wetin on top all this taxes go do? E go make ticket dey expensive; if no be say we still get passengers wey dey ready to enter flight! No be say we dey chop pass,” Onyema dey reason.

E even raise some comparisons between Nigerian fare against international prices. E say if you check, ticket wey dey go for 125,000 naira for Nigeria dey cost way less than ticket for abroad wey fit go more than 600,000 naira for a short flight there.

But wait, wait! Before we conclude, e dey ask government to take am easy on the airlines matter. Make dem jor manage the entire aviation sector biko. He talk say enough don be enough; Nigeria airlines no deserve this level of wahala from anybody.