Quantum Travels, one of Nigeria’s leading travel management companies, has launched private charter evacuation flights from London to Lagos and Lagos to London.
The charter flight, which costs $3,500, according to the company, will be operated once a week. At the current exchange rate of N386 to a dollar, passengers will be paying N1.35 million for this charter evacuation flight.
Compared to $2,000 charged by airlines for a one-way evacuation flight, which amounts to N772,000 at the current exchange rate, according to BusinessDay’s checks, the $3,500 charged by Quantum Travels is relatively high.
But a source at Quantum Travels told BusinessDay that the reason for the relatively high cost is because it is a business class flight with a maximum of 30 persons on board.
The source said the flight, which is strictly for citizens and resident permit holders, will be operated once in a week.
Passengers are required to get COVID-19 negative tests to get on the flight, the source said.
Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha
Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers.
She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay.
She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos.
As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender.
She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies.
Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the
prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category.
She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category.
She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations.
Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.
