Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo says Emirates Airlines are ready to resume flight operations to Nigeria.
The Minister on X, stated that he received correspondence from Emirates Airlines during his visit to the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Salem Saeed Al-Shamsi, in Abuja.
According to him, the official date for the airline resumption will be announced soon.
“Yesterday, I paid a working visit to the Ambassador of the UAE to Nigeria, His Excellency Salem Saeed Al-Shamsi, at the UAE Embassy in Abuja. He handed me a correspondence from the Emirates Airline indicating a definite date for their resumption of flights to Nigeria.
“That date will be formally announced by Emirates Airlines in a matter of days,” Keyamo noted.
Emirates Airlines halted flight services to Nigeria in October 2022 due to challenges in repatriating funds from the country.
This was the second time the airline suspended operations in the year, following an initial suspension in August 2022. The airline cited $85 million in revenue trapped in Nigeria as the reason for the October suspension.
This is the second time Keyamo is making this similar announcement having made a similar statement on
November 19, 2023.
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