 Nigerian airline operators are currently at loggerheads with oil marketers over the rising prices of Jet A1, also known as aviation fuel. While marketers have defended the price, which is as high as 600 Naira per liter, airlines have insisted that it is too high, accusing marketers of exploitation. As a result, airlines have threatened to shut down, forcing the state oil firm NNPC Ltd to intervene by importing two cargos of the product and selling at lower prices to cushion the effect of high operational cost on airlines. The chairman united Nigeria Airlines and spokesperson of airline operators of Nigeria, Obeora Okonko confirmed that the current price was too high and insisted that the price of aviation fuel per liter should not go as high as it was currently being sold. NEWS OPDATES