COVID-19: UAE suspends flights from Nigeria

The Management of Air Peace on Thursday announced that the UAE Government had stopped the airlifting of passengers from Nigeria to Dubai as part of its COVID-19 measures.

TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 had last week threatened to suspend flight operations from UAE and The Netherlands.

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The decision, according to the PTF is due to the new COVID-19 protocols introduced by the countries for travellers.

The two countries recently asked passengers from Nigeria to do a PCR test four hours before departing Nigeria.

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Confirming the new development in a statement, Air Peace Spokesperson, Mr Stanley Olisa said that flights bringing Nigerians back from UAE were not affected.

According to him, to this end, Air Peace flight from UAE (Sharjah-Dubai) to Lagos is not affected.

“Normal flights shall resume when the restriction is lifted from Feb. 28, 2021.

“Our esteemed customers whose flights are disrupted by this development can send a mail to us via callcenter@flyairpeace.com for a possible reschedule,” he added.

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He expressed the management’s appreciation to its numerous customers for their continued patronage.