waac became very popular in the early 1950s for offering at least four bristol freighter-operated second-class services at discounted airfares, cheaper than any other mean of transportation. two of them were the “coastal flyer”, that covered the between accra and lagos in 1¾ hours for £4.00 at 1951 prices, and the “hausa flyer” that covered the accra–lagos–ibadan–jos–kano route, for which the lagos–kano leg took 4 hours —against an almost two-day journey by train— and was £3 (1951 prices) cheaper than the train.