THE two-day public holiday declared by the Federal Government for Eid-el-Fitri celebration has started taking its toll on airlines in Nigeria, as they all flew virtually empty out of Lagos to various destinations in the country on Monday.

When the Nigerian Tribune went round on Monday, terminals at the Murtala Mohammed Airport Two, Lagos and the General Aviation Terminal, Lagos, were almost empty, due to lack of passengers.

It was also observed that most of the airlines in the terminal intentionally delayed their flights to Abuja and other destinations, as a result of insufficient passengers, even as Abuja flights were combined by the airlines.

At the time of filing this report, only three flights on Aero had departed from Lagos to Port-Harcourt for 10.30 a.m; Lagos to Abuja for 11.00 a.m and Lagos to Uyo for 11.00 a.m, while passengers were boarding for the 1.45 p.m Lagos-Abuja flight.

The situation was not different for IRS, as the airline, at the time of compiling the report, had only three flights out of the terminal.

GAT and Arik Air had the same experienced, as the usually filled terminal was almost empty.

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