Emirates sets to resume flights to Nigeria after one year

The Dubai-based airline, Emirates is set to resume flight operations in Nigeria after one year. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo made this known on Sunday via his X account, saying he met some top officials of the United Arab Emirates flag carrier, adding that they will reveal the exact date to begin […]

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Emirates sets to resume flights to Nigeria after one year

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The Dubai-based airline, Emirates is set to resume flight operations in Nigeria after one year.

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo made this known on Sunday via his X account, saying he met some top officials of the United Arab Emirates flag carrier, adding that they will reveal the exact date to begin operations.

Recall that in October 2022, Emirates Airlines cancelled flight operations to Nigeria over its inability to repatriate funds trapped in the country.

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The airline suspended operations two times last year, with the first in August 2022.

Emirates Airline said the suspension was due to its $85 million revenue trapped in Nigeria.

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A report from The PUNCH last week said that about 90 percent of foreign airlines’ $783m trapped funds were unpaid.

According to data from the International Air Transport Association, as of August 2023, Nigeria accounted for a substantial $783m of airlines’ blocked funds.

According to data from the International Air Transport Association, as of August 2023, Nigeria accounted for a substantial $783m of airlines’ blocked funds.

But speaking on the Emirates’ flight resumption, Keyamo said the meeting he had with the representatives of Emirates Airline regarding their Dubai to Nigeria flights was on the sidelines of the Dubai Airshow last week.

He added that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration was assiduously working on some details concerning the resumption.

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“On the sidelines of the Dubai Airshow in Dubai last week, I met with the top echelon of Emirates Airlines and we continued very warm and fruitful discussions towards the resumption of flights from Dubai to Nigeria, an effort which was championed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” Keyamo wrote.

“We are presently working on the small details and the airline will soon announce the exact date of their resumption of the flights.”

Keyamo also disclosed that he visited pavilions of leading aviation and aerospace industries around the world at the biennial airshow event.

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