The Federal Government is set to resume domestic flights in the country, which will be effective July 8.
This disclosure was made by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, via his official Twitter handle Wednesday night.
The minister explained that the restart of commercial operations would begin with the Lagos and Abuja airports which would both open on July 8
The minister also added that four other airports including Kano, Port Harcourt, Owerri and Maiduguri would resume from July 11.
According to the minister reopening date of international flights would be announced soon.
His tweet reads:
“I am glad to announce that Abuja & Lagos airports will resume domestic operations on the 8th of July, 2020. Kano, Port Harcourt, Owerri & Maiduguri to resume on the 11th. Other airports on the 15th,”
“Date for international to be announced in due course. Bear with us, please.” he tweeted.
See Tweet:
I am glad to announce that Abuja & Lagos airports will resume domestic operations on the 8th of July, 2020. Kano, Port Harcourt, Owerri & Maiduguri to resume on the 11th. Other airports on the 15th. Date for international to be announced in due course. Bear with us, please 🇳🇬🙏🏽🇳🇬
— Hadi Abubakar Sirika, CFR, FRAeS, FNIA (@hadisirika) July 1, 2020
The country’s airspace and airports was shut down In March as part of efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus disease in the country.
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