All international airports in the country may resume international flight operations before the end of the year, the minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has said.
The Minister stated this on his verified Twitter handle on Tuesday, November 17, 2020.
According to him, the federal government through the Ministry of Aviation is working with the Federal Ministry of Health, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, and other relevant bodies to ensure that the airports meet all safety and health requirements and protocols.
We are working with Ministry of Health, CACOVID & The PTF to open Kano, Port Harcourt & possibly Enugu airports before the end of the year. Also Lufthansa, Air France/KLM has been given go ahead to resume. Qatar Airways is approved to start Abuja. Thank you for your patience🙏🏽🇳🇬
— Hadi Abubakar Sirika (@hadisirika) November 17, 2020
“We are working with the Ministry of Health, CACOVID, and the Presidential Taskforce to open Kano, Port Harcourt, and possibly Enugu airports before the end of the year.
Also, Lufthansa, Air France, and KLM have been given the go-ahead to resume. Qatar Airways is approved to start Abuja.
Thank you for your patience,” the tweet read.
It would be recalled that in September this year, the federal government barred Air France, Lufthansa, Rwanda Air, KLM Royal Dutch, Etihad Airways, and TAAG Angola from landing or taking off from the nation’s airports.
