Tag: Domestic Flights
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BREAKING: Ibom Air pulls out of planned suspension of flight operations by AON
Ibom Air has pulled out of the planned suspension of flight operations by Airlines Operators of Nigeria, AON that as from Monday all flight operations will be suspended in Nigeria.
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Airline operators are bluffing, there’ll be domestic flights on Monday – FCCPC
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has described as bluff plans by airline operators to suspend domestic flights, expressing optimism that airline operators cannot suspend domestic flight operations on Monday.
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Aviation Minister speaks on full resumption of flights across Nigeria
Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has said domestic flights would fully resume at Kano, Maiduguri, Benin and other airports across the nation on July 15. Sirika, who made this known while addressing newsmen at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano (MAKIAK) on Saturday, however, said that any airport not yet ready would be given…
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Photos: Low passenger turn out as airline resume domestic flights in Lagos, Abuja
Following the Federal Government’s decision to re-open Lagos and Abuja airports for flight operations as part of the phased ease of the lockdown occasioned by COVID-19, flights have resumed today, Wednesday, at both airports. In Lagos, at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA 2) re-opened for domestic flights amid poor passenger turn out. Few…
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COVID-19: Domestic flights resume at Lagos Airport
Some domestic airlines on Wednesday resumed operations following three months of COVID-19 lockdown. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who monitored resumption of the airlines at both GAT Alpha and MM2 terminals in Lagos, reports that few passengers were seen boarding, while social distancing and other precautionary measures were observed. NAN recalls that the…
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FG announces new dates for resumption of domestic flights in Lagos, Abuja, others
The Federal Government on Wednesday announced that Lagos and Abuja airports will resume domestic operations from July 8, 2020. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika disclosed this on his twitter handle. I am glad to announce that Abuja & Lagos airports will resume domestic operations on the 8th of July, 2020. Kano, Port Harcourt, Owerri &…
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FG Makes U-Turn, Says Domestic Flights Can’t Resume June 21
The Federal Government says the June 21 date for the restart of domestic flights in the country is not feasible. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made this known at a Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja on Thursday. Recall that we had earlier reported that the PTF said aviation authorities will determine…
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Aviation Minister announces date for resumption of domestic flights nationwide
The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika on Monday announced that domestic flights will resume nationwide June 21. Recall that the flights were suspended since March due to the outbreak of coronavirus in the country. Sirika announced the flight resumption at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. He said the resumption of…
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Covid-19: FG announces date for resumption of domestic flights, says schools to remain closed
The Federal Government has asked the aviation sector to begin to develop protocols that will lead to the resumption of domestic flights any time from June 21. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, stated this on Monday during a briefing Abuja. He said, “The aviation industry is requested to…
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Lockdown: Gov. Ayade sees catastrophe, wants ban on domestic flights lifted
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to lift the ban on domestic flights as Nigerians grappled with the impact of COVID-19 on the economy. Ayade made the appeal on Sunday while inspecting ongoing asphalting of the dualised Odukpani-Calabar highway in the state. He said the continued closure of Nigeria’s domestic…