{"id":1523,"date":"2017-11-03T02:50:52","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T02:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=1523"},"modified":"2017-11-03T03:01:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T03:01:51","slug":"why-african-flights-are-so-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/why-african-flights-are-so-expensive\/","title":{"rendered":"Why African flights are so expensive ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"article-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"article-content__left-column\">\n<div class=\"video__wrapper\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"hidden-in-basic article__image main-video\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/397165\/400x225_397165.jpg?1509044400\" alt=\"Why African flights are so expensive [Business Africa]\" \/><\/p>\n<section class=\"article__body\">\n<div class=\"article__meta\">\n<address class=\"article__author\"><b>Afolake Oyinloye<\/b><\/address>\n<address>AfricaNews.com<\/address>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-content__text \">\n<p>African airlines urged to reduce fares<\/p>\n<p>With a population estimated at over a billion, Africa accounts for only 1% of the world\u2019s air traffic.<br \/>\nThis is mainly attributed to the fact that airline fares are not affordable for ordinary people on the continent.<br \/>\nIvorian Minister of Transport, Amadou Kon\u00e9, recently raised an alarm about this challenge and called on African airlines to lower their rates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afolake Oyinloye AfricaNews.com African airlines urged to reduce fares With a population estimated at over a billion, Africa accounts for only 1% of the world\u2019s air traffic. 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