Fare

‘Stingy’ airlines amid exploitative fare inquisition

Posted on by Wole Shadare
‘Stingy’ airlines amid exploitative fare inquisition

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) may be waking up late to its responsibility but has picked up the gauntlet to protect consumers’ rights amid alleged exploitative fares by Air Peace and possibly other airlines. This is coming as Aero’s new fare slash is attracting passengers to a relatively quiet airline, writes, WOLE SHADARE Payback time The Christmas period is a period for giving. It is just a show of giving back to…

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Price war: Savouring int’l route amid frustrating domestic fare conspiracy

Posted on by Wole Shadare
Price war: Savouring int’l route amid frustrating domestic fare conspiracy

In the battle to capture the customer, companies use a wide range of tactics to ward off competitors. Increasingly, price is the weapon of choice—and frequently the skirmishing degenerates into a price war. WOLE SHADARE writes that while travellers are excited about the London price war, the domestic sector is allegedly witnessing price collusion Price appeal Creating low-price appeal is often the goal, but the result of one retaliatory price slashing after another is often a…

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