Jet A1 at 3000/liter: Don’t hike airfares, shut down operations in Nigeria – Keyamo begs airline operators

Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo SAN, has appealed to home airlines to shelve plans to summation airfares and threats to suspend operations arsenic aviation fuel, known arsenic JetA1, roseate to supra N3000 per liter from N900.

The minister’s involution follows threats by members of the Airline Operators of Nigeria to halt flights adjacent week implicit the soaring terms of Jet A1 fuel, which has surged by 300 percent.

In a missive dated April 16, 2026, addressed to the hose body, Keyamo acknowledged the “operational challenges” facing operators, peculiarly the spike successful Jet A1 from N900 per litre arsenic of February 28 to astir N3,300 per litre.

“At the outset, I privation to commend the resilience, professionalism, and steadfast committedness of your members successful sustaining aerial transport services nether evidently hard conditions,” helium said.

He stressed that the medication of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu considers aviation a captious nationalist asset, noting its relation successful trade, nationalist security, employment, and economical integration.