Food Blogger Shows Difference in Flight Ticket Prices from Benin to Abuja in 2021 and Now

• A Canada-based food blogger, Izunna Dike, has shared the startling difference in the prices of flight tickets in 2021 when compared to 2025
• The young man displayed a screenshot of what he saw when he was booking a one-way Air Peace flight in 2021
• He attached a screenshot of the ticket price he found on the Air Peace website for the same one-way flight in 2025

Izunna Dike, a Nigerian food blogger based in Canada, has caused a stir on X (formerly Twitter) after showcasing the stark difference in the cost of a one-way flight from Benin to Abuja via the Air Peace airline in 2021, and what it costs at present.

According to Izunna, he recently found the 2021 screenshot of the one-way flight, and called people's attention to the price.

The price in the screenshot showed the 2021 flight cost N29,900.

In a sharp contrast, the other screenshot he attached of the current price via the Air Peace airline showed it now costs N238,300 (for the best offer) and N285,800, being the purported normal air fare on Monday, June 23.

He wrote:

"I just found a screenshot of when I was booking Benin to Abuja, one way with Air Peace in 2021. Look at the price.

"Now look at the price on the next frame from today, just 4 years later."

When Legit.ng checked Air Peace's website as of 8:47 pm Nigerian time to ascertain the blogger's claim, there were no more seats available for that particular route and no price was available as a result of that.

See his tweet below:

Food blogger's post stirs reactions

Legit.ng has compiled some reactions to the food blogger's post below:

@Mimsnbloom said:

"This is really bad.

"This is an 8x price increase with services getting poorer.

"Who do us this thing😪."

@isaacthegram said:

"We are barely living in this country. 10x everything, and still more to come. Ofcourse, they will say we are resilient and keep it moving."

@LVHDLVTF said:

"I was flying business class from Lagos to US for 800k-3m as at 2016.

"Now, it’s like 8-10m with abeg!!… people don’t hate APC enough…. They will tell you we were living a subsidized lifestyle lol….. shame!!!"

@bafeez_ said:

"3 years ago, my first flight to Dubai was 450k, which I complained about then; now it is currently 920k. The same category btw."

@FavourObirinma said:

"I'll never forget that my return ticket from Abuja to Asaba in 2021 was 27,000. I was coming back from NYSC camp in Katsina. Already flown from Katsina to Abuja for 35,000. Sometimes I'm still shocked at how prices have literarily sky rocketed."

@joeerazer said:

"Flight will only be considered if it is just emergency business reasons. an outdoor refreshing joint that an hour journey.

Flight will only be considered if it is just emergency business reasons.

"We are cooked as a nation in a chef word".

@GodsgiftOkoji said:

"In just 4 years.....

"I hate when people don't realize the effect of this.

"Can you see the % increase? Now ask yourself,did salaries also increase by same %

"There was a country.....

"Sad."

@itz_laolao said:

"We are gone I swear. Just look at the difference in four years. Insane."

In a related story, Legit.ng reported that the airfares of Nigerian airlines had risen by 47.64% in one year.

NCAA explains how airlines fix ticket prices

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) had explained what goes into deciding air fares.

The NCAA director of Consumer Protection and Public Affairs, Michael Achimugu, explained that airlines must submit their airfare list to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) annually, following established guidelines.

Achimugu noted that several factors have contributed to the airlines refusing to release cheaper tickets. One of them was the difficulty in repatriating funds.

Source: Legit.ng