Rano Air (R4, Kano) has announced the suspension of several routes rendered "commercially unsustainable" following a 300% price spike of Jet A1 aviation fuel in Nigeria.
In a statement, the airline said the hike had made keeping up certain routes "extremely challenging" and that scaling back operations was necessary to ensure the airline could continue to provide "safe, reliable and sustainable operations."
Rano Air did not name the routes to be paused, but confirmed that the suspensions are temporary.
"Operations on the affected routes will resume as soon as the situation improves and becomes operationally viable for the airline," it stated.
According to ch-aviation data, Rano Air operates a fleet of five E145s, of which three are currently active.
Rano Air previously operated 10 domestic routes, but according to ADS-B data, it is now focusing on the higher-yield triangular trunk routes between its base at Kano and Abuja and Lagos, while services on thinner destinations have been scaled down, including to Kaduna, Gombe, Maiduguri, Bauchi, Sokoto, Katsina, and Warri.
