cold:

It has also been confirmed that British Airways will henceforth offer a 20% reduction on Business Class tickets along the lucrative London-Lagos, London-Abuja routes.
I think this [b]should take care of the discrepancy [/b]between the Accra and Nigerian 1st class costs.At least to a large extent.

ideylaff:

A can of Coke in Lille is 4 to 5 times cheaper than a can in Monaco, the french government have not instructed CocaCola to sell it cheaper in Monaco, have they?,

VoodooDoll:

Ghana doesn't have our population or demand.

If you want the price of flights to come down, then Nigeria needs to do :

1) Issue more slots to capable airlines;
2) The slots issued must be on a use it or lose it basis;
3) Local airlines should be given tax breaks and incentives to compete;
4) Regulators should monitor BA and VA etc for anti-competitive acts;
5) Airport facilities and infrastructure should be upgraded to make the turnaround time quicker; and
6) Contracts, agreements and understandings should be honoured.

I suspect PIGS would fly first and Hell may freeze over before the above is implemented by the FG.

If state governments (coordinating with FG) are however given the above tasks then more likely to happen.

untainted:

Ideylaff I think you are wrong on this one. This goes beyond Arik; FG should make them reduce the Business Class fare by over 50%.
Just read the news article below and make your judgment.

"According to the statement, the Nigerian government described as unacceptable, a situation where the British Airways would charge passengers on first class from Lagos airport to Heathrow $9,846.19 as against $4,902.14 from Accra, Ghana to Heathrow."


http://dailytrust.com.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=147865:nigeriabritain-meeting-on-basa-deadlocked-&catid=1:news&Itemid=2

mbulela:

Nigerian consumers amaze me. are you shareholders in BA? Can't you vote with your feet and see what will happen? there are several options with saner prices yet you want govt to waste its precious time fighting a battle that only you can win.
Let BA  fly empty 1st class cabin for one straight week and see if they will not take out newspaper adverts in all dailies in Nigeria announcing competitive 1st class rates.
they are charging such silly rates because folks are willing to pay and if they are willing, who is complaining and why complain?

must nigerians fly BA?

i dont believe a company should be told what price to sell their goods in a free market economy. why cant the aviation minister as a matter of national interest; help or facilitate a system that will enable Arik and Air Nigeria improve their services to the point where the thousands of Nigerians who fly the 21 BA flights weekly to and Fro UK will switch carriers?

if Arik and AirNigeria offer services that are at par wit BA at a cheaper cost, there will be no discussion

horny4u:

Such silliness , a friend of mine spent N1M for economy tickets to London for herself and her 2 young kids. I travel at least twice a year to 9ja and never paid such "sillitude" prices and i fly virgin , I am not dissing paying it , but please do not sing help me dear govt when you could have shopped savvy.

horny4u:

I love your suggestion and think if it is implemented it will go a long way to reduce flight prices but that pigs will fly ke, 9ja will soon be very good pretty soon sef, lets be positive.

VoodooDoll:

Ghana doesn't have our population or demand.

If you want the price of flights to come down, then Nigeria needs to do :

1) Issue more slots to capable airlines;
2) The slots issued must be on a use it or lose it basis;
3) Local airlines should be given tax breaks and incentives to compete;
4) Regulators should monitor BA and VA etc for anti-competitive acts;
5) Airport facilities and infrastructure should be upgraded to make the turnaround time quicker; and
6) Contracts, agreements and understandings should be honoured.

I suspect PIGS would fly first and Hell may freeze over before the above is implemented by the FG.

If state governments (coordinating with FG) are however given the above tasks then more likely to happen.

If we are talking about the same ARIK that I had the misfortune of flying for the first time 2 days ago, then I anticipate that is is only a matter of time before they will be the ones locking up the place and handing back the keys.

On the way out there was no entertainment system for the whole of the flight
Crap food - and for me to complain about food then it means that it is really bad cos I am not a fussy eater.
Limited drinks
non chalant cabin crew and they didn't look like people I could trust to handle an emergency. They didn't seem to get on with each other and oozed zero confidence.
The only plus going for them was that we left slam on time & their higher than average luggage allowance

On the way back we boarded late and into a boiling plane because according to them the air conditioning system only worked with the engines switched on and the engines cant be switched on because the pilot was stuck in traffic.

We were left on the plane in terrible conditions with kids crying and people sweating for half an hour and with no cold water.

Again no entertainment system for the whole of the flight
Cabin crew looked rather thin on ground and I counted only about 8 of them looking after the whole plane
Crap food
Limited drinks
very slow/non existent service - ask them for water or a blanket and they never come back and it took them 45 minutes after we had finshed eating for them to pack up the trays.

Will I ever fly ARIK again? even if they slashed their prices by half and doubled their baggage allowance -  The answer is a CAPITAL NO

You just described ARIK as I know them,

whats with this excuse of them forgetting the Entertainment system, all the time, same excuse, bn going on now for over 7 to 8 months.

A few of my staff had something to do with Arik in Nigeria and so flew Arik to Abuja to tie up the loose ends of the deal.

The flight said Arik to Lagos, you wont believe mid air the pilot suddenly said on the PA system, we will be stopping over in Abuja to drop some passeangers. Thank you.

Yes they did and guess what no one disembarked, they actually picked up 4rm people from Abuja and then took them to Abuja.

This a flight that clearly said London to Lagos, my brothers oooo

On the flight A passenger asked for Apple Juice and got Orange, after the passenger said to the Air hostess, please madam this is Orange Juice, I asked for Apple Juice. The Hostess replied Juice is Juice, if you don't want it , I cant help you. "in a very aggressive and rude manner"

I just hope this fight by the FG is not really for Arik but on a principle basis that the other Airlines should stop fleecing us with high fares, Nothing more,

because a fight for Arik as a company is really not worth it

If we are talking about the same ARIK that I had the misfortune of flying for the first time 2 days ago, then I anticipate that is is only a matter of time before they will be the ones locking up the place and handing back the keys.

On the way out there was no entertainment system for the whole of the flight
Crap food - and for me to complain about food then it means that it is really bad cos I am not a fussy eater.
Limited drinks
non chalant cabin crew and they didnt look like people I could trust to handle an emergency. They didnt seem to get on with each other and oozed zero confidence.
The only plus going for them was that we left baang on time & their higher than average luggage allowance

On the way back we boarded late and into a boiling plane because according to them the air conditioning system only worked with the engines switched on and the engines cant be switched on because the pilot was stuck in traffic.

We were left on the plane in terrible conditions with kids crying and people sweating for half an hour and with no cold water.

Again no entertainment system for the whole of the flight
Cabin crew looked rather thin on ground and I counted only about 8 of them looking after the whole plane
Crap food
Limited drinks
very slow/non existent service - ask them for water or a blanket and they never come back and it took them 45 minutes after we had finshed eating for them to pack up the trays.

Will I ever fly ARIK again? even if they slashed their prices by half and doubled their baggage allowance - The answer is a CAPITAL NO