Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, says Emirates Airlines has given a definite date to resume flight operations to Nigeria.
The minister made this known on Wednesday in a post on his X
page.
Keyamo said he got correspondence from Emirates Airline when
he visited Salem Saeed Al-Shamsi, ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
in Abuja.
“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,” Keyamo said.
“That date will be
formally announced by Emirates Airlines in a matter of days.”
In October 2022, Emirates Airlines suspended flight
operations to Nigeria over its inability to repatriate funds trapped in the
country.
The airline suspended operations twice last year, with the
first in August 2022.
Emirates Airline said the suspension in October was due to
its $85 million revenue trapped in Nigeria.
On November 19, 2023, Keyamo said Emirates Airlines would
soon announce the exact date of their resumption of flight operations to
Nigeria.
He also said the federal government is working on some
details concerning the resumption.
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