FCCPC Uncovers Price Manipulation By Airlines During 2025 Festive Season

FCCPC Uncovers Price Manipulation By Airlines During 2025 Festive Season

Carriers to face heavy fines over exploitative fares The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) released an interim report on February 26, 2026, uncovering significant patterns of price manipulation by domestic airlines during the December 2025 festive season. While the Commission has not yet issued the final fines, it has established a legal basis for significant penalties under the FCCPA 2018. The investigation, led by Executive Vice Chairman Tunji Bello, concluded that while demand…

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Again, FCCPC summons Air Peace over ticket refund complaints

Again, FCCPC summons Air Peace over ticket refund complaints

  The Nigerian apex consumer protection agency, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has again summoned the management of Air Peace for what it described as a deluge of consumer complaints from across the country relating to non-refund of ticket fares even in the instances where the airline had cancelled its flights operations. This is the second time in seven months that the agency would be summoning the airline with a view to…

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How unfair trade practices hamper travel growth in Nigeria, encourage capital flight, say FCCPC, NANTA

How unfair trade practices hamper travel growth in Nigeria, encourage capital flight, say FCCPC, NANTA

    The National Association of Nigerian Travel Agency (NANTA) and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) have expressed concern about the many of the tickets to fly in the country’s market that are generated outside the shores of the country popularly described as Sold Outside Ticket Outside (SOTO) or Sold Outside and Ticketed Inside (SOTI) even though international carriers have all released their lower tickets inventories for the Nigerian market. They are…

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