The federal government has shifted the resumption of international flights from August 29 to September 5.<\/p>\n
Musa Nuhu, director-general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), announced the new date at the briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19 on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Nuhu attributed the one-week extension to some non-aviation logistics.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince the announcement by the honourable minister of aviation a few weeks ago that international flights will resume anytime from the 29th of August, the aviation sector has worked assiduously to be ready for this date, and the aviation sector, including the airports are ready to resume on the 29th,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, we have further non-aviation logistics we\u2019re still working on, mostly to do with the COVID-19 protocols, tests, and also the online platform. We need to get these all ready and in place so that we\u2019ll have a smooth and efficient resumption for the international flights without difficulties for all the passengers.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, for this reason, unfortunately, I have to let you know the resumption date has been shifted by one week to 5th of September, which is now a sacrosanct date.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe initial announcement was any time from the 29th. Now, we have fixed a date, 5th of September, to ensure a sacrosanct date for the resumption of international flights. In due course, very shortly, we\u2019ll be announcing the protocols once these logistics are done and we\u2019ll be giving further details.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following the confirmation of Nigeria\u2019s first COVID-19 case who flew in from Italy in February, non-essential flight operations have been banned since March as part of efforts to reduce the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n
However, domestic flight operations resumed on July 8, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The federal government has shifted the resumption of international flights from August 29 to September 5. Musa Nuhu, director-general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), announced the new date at the briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19 on Thursday. Nuhu attributed the one-week extension to some non-aviation logistics. \u201cSince the announcement by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":125756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,3,15,2],"tags":[25372,53173,721,720],"yoast_head":"\n