As international flights resume on September 5, the Federal Government says only approved airlines will be allowed into the country’s airspace.
Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, while speaking on Thursday during a briefing of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, said only the NAIA and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, would reopen for international travels.
He listed Egyptair, Virgin Atlantic, Turkish Airlines, AWA, Kenya Airways and Middle East Airlines as airlines permitted to operate into the Lagos airport.
The minister also listed British Airways, Emirates, Ethiopian, AWA, and Middle East Airlines as airlines allowed to operate into the Abuja airport.
Sirika, however, said Air France, KLM, Lufthansa, Etihad Airways, Angolan TAG, Air Namibia and Royal Air Maroc are not approved to operate flights into the country.
The country’s airspace and airports had been shut to flight operations in March to curb the spread of the lethal coronavirus disease which as of Thursday has killed over 1,000 people in Nigeria.
Nigerian government subsequently approved the restart of domestic flights from July 8, adding that effective September 5, international flights would resume with the two airports.