Resumption Of International Flights Postponed To Sept 5 - FG

 The Federal Government has postponed the resumption date of International Flights to September 5.

Hadi Sirika , The Minister of Aviation Had earlier announced that the date for resumption of International Flights was Saturday, August 29.

However, at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja on Thursday August 27, the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority NCAA,Musa Shuaibu Nuhu,announced that the date has now been moved to September 5.

According to Nuhu,while airlines and airports were ready to operate,other non-aviation logistics were not and this has necessitated the one week extension.

He Said;

"We have other non-aviation logistics we are still working on, mostly the COVID-19 protocol tests and online platform. We need to get this ready." 

Nuhu stressed that the September 5 as a "sacrosanct date," noting that the intial announcement was anytime from the 29th."

In due course, we will be announcing protocols for the resumptions and we will be giving further details . Hopefully early next week,we will release this." 

The Nigerian Airspace was shut down as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19.