Nigeria’s largest airline Arik Air has reduced the number of domestic flights it offers after a scarcity of aviation fuel, according to reports.
The carrier is the latest to limit services due to a currency squeeze in the country.
It comes after a fall in the naira, which has made it difficult to get the US dollars needed to buy jet fuel.
Nigerian airlines have struggled to remain profitable amid the currency crisis as passengers pay in naira but fuel suppliers are paid in dollars.
A spokesman for Arik Air said major oil marketers began to ration jet fuel supply to airlines last week, and as a result there had been a “reduction of flights” with immediate effect.
