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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by Nobody: 1:07pm On Mar 13, 2015
MKO4ever:


You must be drunk


yeah.. Orijin is still the best.... Codine drunk like you
Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by Nobody: 1:07pm On Mar 13, 2015
Imagine arik sir putting this price up next week Nigerians be like "dem wan use us for blood money oo" how e go cheap like this na scam oo?!!!

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by Nobody: 1:07pm On Mar 13, 2015
MusaIbrahim1:
Before Buhari Ousted Shagari and led us into pain... silly old man that cannot protect his regime from IBB is promising us Security...

Shagari's regime was already in economic trouble. The oil price had crashed in 1982....and the reserve then was getting depleted. By late 1982...Shagari was talking austerity (unfortunately his politicial associates did not get the message)

Buhari kept things stable by running a strong austerity government.

But...oil prices remained low for much of the 1980's...hence the devaluation of the naira by IBB.

(IBB's coup against Buhari has a lot of interesting reasons.....Max Silioum has a good account in one of his books).

In a few words....the problem was oil dependency.,....which sadly PDP or even Buhari have no answer to.

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by delegiwa(m): 1:08pm On Mar 13, 2015
MadCow1:



Basically, they are not factoring in the Time Value of Money..

At that time, that Ticket price would have bought a fairly used car.. cool

I don't know what time this price was in force but an Uncle bought a brand new PAN for N15k in 1983.

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by Nobody: 1:10pm On Mar 13, 2015
GeneralBosco:
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[s]Was the Nigerian Airways not operating under Buhari's government?? The rate at which some of you just spill lies against this man is just sickening.[/s]

Go back and study the Nigerian airways growth and failure before ranting.... that old man is our major problem today even with NEPA

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by Nobody: 1:11pm On Mar 13, 2015
lolaxavier:
Amazing that to know a return ticket for a Lagos-New York trip was once this cheap.

it wasn't seen as cheap then..

the devaluation of the Naira is the reason..

My mum told me she acquired her jamb form for 300 naira or so cheesy

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by Josh316(m): 1:14pm On Mar 13, 2015
lolaxavier:
Amazing that to know a return ticket for a Lagos-New York trip was once this cheap.

Excuse me, you call N17,000 as at the seventies CHEAP? Lord God!

Check the value of the Naira vs the economy then and now. It was worth the current value of N100,000

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by Nobody: 1:14pm On Mar 13, 2015
delegiwa:


I don't know what time this price was in force but an Uncle bought a brand new PAN for N15k in 1983.

My dad bought a new Peugeot 505 around the same time for N12000.

And N12000 in 1983....would have bought you two brand new Volkswagen beetles.(Old type).

Back then....people who bought Tokumbo were laughed at. Nowadays....

Ajaokuta must be revived.

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by Donmichaelz(m): 1:14pm On Mar 13, 2015
and dey said ibadan is more developed dan kaduna,wat a joke

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by Revolva(m): 1:18pm On Mar 13, 2015
angry 17k cheap....it was. cheap sha....but. if I wonder how this Yeye country keep making the prices of thing expensive? E dey para me....ol boy

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by NobleG1(m): 1:21pm On Mar 13, 2015
It looks cheap now but it wasn't cheap then. As late as 1988, my secondary school (expensive Seminary school then) fee was around 380 naira! With extra 200 naira as pocket money.

50 yrs from now, if naira continues to detoriate, 100k will almost be worthless.

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by Saraben(f): 1:21pm On Mar 13, 2015
just passing by...
Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by AreaFada2: 1:22pm On Mar 13, 2015
omonnakoda:

"CHEAP" is not the right word. You have to put things in ACCURATE context.
There was a time when a flight to Lagos from PH was 28 Naira and a Peugeot 504 was 6000 Naira. Even then it was not "CHEAP" because bus fare was 5 Kobo and Coke was 10 Kobo and 18000 Naira a year was the highest salary in government.
In those days a flight to New York would have been around 500 Naira. We are talking Shagari's government/Buhari's government. It was not "CHEAP" at all

Cheap is absolutely NOT the word at all
.

Correct.

We walked majestically into car dealer's to buy mum's VW beetle with N3,000. We even got some change back, a gallon of engine oil and other goodies on top! Since we were paying cash instead of drawing a cheque, grin

My cousin bought a Yamaha 80 motorbike for N500 to ride to university.

Okada Air: Benin to Lagos was N25. I still remember a family member flying Lagos-New York under N4,000.
It wasn't cheap. Some workers earned 50 to N100 monthly. To give a housewife N5 for shopping was a big deal.

When a neighbour got a secondary school teaching job for N125 salary, he felt like Dangote.

Many husbands thought introducing "Murtala Head" N20 note was a bad idea since that's the minimum housewives will now be demanding for family shopping. cheesy

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by mrrock: 1:26pm On Mar 13, 2015
5p1naz:
17,480 naira at that time was almost equivalent to the same in dollars. so please it wasn't cheap, only the extremely rich rocked the seats of airplanes in that period.


To make you understand better, here is the historical value of one U.S. Dollar in Nigerian naira - PM = Parallel Market.
Date Naira per US $
1972 0.658
1973 0.658
1974 0.63
1975 0.616
1976 0.62
1977 0.647
1978 0.606
1979 0.596
1980 0.550 (0.900 PM)
1981 0.61
1982 0.673
1983 0.724
1984 0.765
1985 0.894 (1.70 PM)
1986 2.02 (3.90 PM)
1987 4.02 (5.90 PM)
1988 4.54 (6.70 PM)
1989 7.39 (10.70 PM)
1990 7.39 (10.70 PM)
1991 8.04 (9.30 PM)
1992 9.91
1993 17.30 (21.90 PM)
1994 22.33 (56.80 PM)
1995 21.89 (71.70 PM)
1996 21.89 (84.58 PM)
1997 21.89 (84.58 PM)
1998 21.89 (84.70 PM)
1999 21.89 (88-90 PM)
2000 85.98 (105.00 PM)
2001 99-106 (104-122 PM)
2002 109-113 (122-140 PM)
2003 114-127 (135-137 PM)
2004 127-130 (137-144 PM)
2005 132-136
2006 128.50-131.80
2007 120-125
2008 115.50-120
2009 145-171M = Parallel Market.
Date Naira per US $ Date Naira per US $
1972 0.658
1973 0.658
1974 0.63
1975 0.616
1976 0.62
1977 0.647
1978 0.606
1979 0.596
1980 0.550 (0.900 PM)
1981 0.61
1982 0.673
1983 0.724
1984 0.765
1985 0.894 (1.70 PM)
1986 2.02 (3.90 PM)
1987 4.02 (5.90 PM)
1988 4.54 (6.70 PM)
1989 7.39 (10.70 PM)
1990 7.39 (10.70 PM)
1991 8.04 (9.30 PM)
1992 9.91
1993 17.30 (21.90 PM)
1994 22.33 (56.80 PM)
1995 21.89 (71.70 PM)
1996 21.89 (84.58 PM)
1997 21.89 (84.58 PM)
1998 21.89 (84.70 PM)
1999 21.89 (88-90 PM)
2000 85.98 (105.00 PM)
2001 99-106 (104-122 PM)
2002 109-113 (122-140 PM)
2003 114-127 (135-137 PM)
2004 127-130 (137-144 PM)
2005 132-136
2006 128.50-131.80
2007 120-125
2008 115.50-120
2009 145-171

What this data proves is; IBB, Abacha, Obasanjo dealt a big blow to the Nigerian economy. Especially, Obasanjo. How could he have met the exchange rate at N21.89/per $ but left at more than N100/ per $?. Obasanjo is such a shameless man to even be talking today.

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by Judeoxide(m): 1:31pm On Mar 13, 2015
It is not in any way cheap...as of that time you will know the the type of background you came from to afford that amount cos it can even buy upto 3 cars as of then

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by joystickextendr: 1:33pm On Mar 13, 2015
someday soon...nigeria will be great again embarassed








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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by wummyanthoy: 1:37pm On Mar 13, 2015
Then it ws a kind of taboo 4 some pple because they cannot afford it den, tell me are nijas not travelling almst every month ? Abi America dat is develped now still pay $3 for air fare ? Abi na d place una dey 20yrs ago una still dey ? If yes ! Den chk ursef ! No Govt can take air fare to ordinary 5k !
Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by wummyanthoy: 1:37pm On Mar 13, 2015
Then it ws a kind of taboo 4 some pple because they cannot afford it den, tell me are nijas not travelling almst every month ? Abi America dat is develped now still pay $3 for air fare ? Abi na d place una dey 20yrs ago una still dey ? If yes ! Den chk ursef ! No Govt can take air fare to ordinary 5k !bi no be money una take brng technology ? a
Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by Judeoxide(m): 1:40pm On Mar 13, 2015
mrrock:


What this data proves is; IBB, Abacha, Obasanjo dealt a big blow to the Nigerian economy. Especially, Obasanjo. How could he have met the exchange rate at N20.09/per $ but left at more than N100/ per $?. Obasanjo is such a shameless man to even be talking today.
honestly I have really learnt a lot from that data...it is and still is obj that destroyed this country...all this past leaders are up to no good...GMB even GEJ. I don't even have a candidate in mind rocharles don crase fashola I just day day look am..na who go save this country self...

Ok see oshomole wahala
Every body we think good turns out bad at d end...

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by wummyanthoy: 1:41pm On Mar 13, 2015
MKO4ever:


You must be drunk
Really drunk !
Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by zigger(m): 1:43pm On Mar 13, 2015
This was when the economy of Nigeria was good and naira had value
Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by pring: 1:48pm On Mar 13, 2015
free2ryhme:
and today we don't even have a single commercial national carrier

corrupt govt
GEJ promised to provide one in his first tenure.

6yrs After, his still using it to campaign.
Failure personified.

Shameless PDP.
Yet they expect us to give them another 4yrs.

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by lond07: 1:50pm On Mar 13, 2015
omonnakoda:

"CHEAP" is not the right word. You have to put things in ACCURATE context.
There was a time when a flight to Lagos from PH was 28 Naira and a Peugeot 504 was 6000 Naira. Even then it was not "CHEAP" because bus fare was 5 Kobo and Coke was 10 Kobo and 18000 Naira a year was the highest salary in government.
In those days a flight to New York would have been around 500 Naira. We are talking Shagari's government/Buhari's government. It was not "CHEAP" at all

Cheap is absolutely NOT the word at all

You were ABSOLUTELY right with your figures. I was very young then but can remember mum would give me 10 kobo daily to school to buy whatever I wanted additional to meals provided in school those days. At a time, my uncle bought Lagos-New York-Lagos ticket for 600 Naira.

Good old days.

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by 989900: 1:53pm On Mar 13, 2015
My dad bought his '505 SR' On Sept. 07. 1982 for N10,500-N11,500.

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by deehusby60: 1:54pm On Mar 13, 2015
Still a lot of money

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by egorov(m): 1:56pm On Mar 13, 2015
Yes, return ticket to UK was N150 no VISA

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by 989900: 1:57pm On Mar 13, 2015
We changed £998 for N1,000.

Are u better now?

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by IGBOSON1: 2:13pm On Mar 13, 2015
Methinks the ticket price is more recent than the pic of the plane on the Tarmac! The pic of the plane has the destination it's flying to (Kaduna), and the dressing of the people in the pic as well as the propeller-type plane suggests it's sometime in the 50s! Also, even as recent as the 70s i'm sure the naira hadn't devalued to the level of 17,000 for a Lagos-London flight!

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by Elxandre(m): 2:18pm On Mar 13, 2015
Josh316:


Excuse me, you call N17,000 as at the seventies CHEAP? Lord God!

Check the value of the Naira vs the economy then and now. It was worth the current value of N100,000
I wonder how the OP could be this naive.

in fact, it would be more than 100k if calculated to present value.

How's this cheap?

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by edi287: 2:20pm On Mar 13, 2015
Inflation is the key word here...

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Re: Check Out Throwback Pix Of Nigeria Airways, Lagos To New York For Less Than N18K by PEREP: 2:22pm On Mar 13, 2015
ozoigbondu:
That was then when nigeria was sane and the the airway was working.Then a political party's navigator disbanded it in 2003,due to looting and mismanagement of the company by all those in power before 2003.

Now we have arik airways that cannot provide holester on her seats

These were days the Europeans visit Nigeria and call us Monkeys because our infrastructure were never up to scratch. See that Tarmac and tell me if this is what we have today.

The plane and the Airport guys sef were using short knicker.

We are moving forward already and it will keep getting better.

Regards,

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