The indebted airlines are Air Peace, Ibom Air, Arik Air, United Nigeria Airlines, Umza Air, NG Eagle, Max Air, Caverton Helicopters, Overland Airways, Rano Air and ValueJet.
Ms Emmanson was earlier remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly assaulting flight crew onboard an Ibom Air flight from Uyo to Lagos.
A video circulating on social media showed an enraged Ms Emmanson attacking flight attendants on an Ibom Airplane.
Increase in airfare is the result of hike in price of aviation fuel, high cost of facility maintenance and depreciation of Nigeria’s currency.
Nigerian airlines recently warned about major disruptions of flights due to scarcity of aviation fuel.
One of the reasons given was that Ibom Air is currently the only airline currently serving Akwa Ibom State.
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) blamed “systemic” issues, the unavailability and the ever-rising cost of aviation fuel, JetA1, among crises plaguing airlines.
“Actions carried out by the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) amounted to price-fixing…”
Mr Yunusa stressed that flight delays and cancellations would reduce by 80 per cent immediately relevant agencies attended to “fixable’’ issues.
