International commercial flight operations resumed yesterday in the country with the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, welcoming the first set of carriers in the COVID-19 era.
The first commercial scheduled flight, Middle East Airlines (MEA), arrived Lagos at about 2.20 p.m. from Beirut. The men of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Aerodrome and Rescue Fire Fighters ceremonially welcomed the MEA aircraft yesterday, with a water cannon demonstration.
Similarly, more airlines have expressed readiness to begin flight services this week.
Emirates has announced that it would resume passenger services to Lagos and Abuja on September 7 and 9 respectively. Ethiopian Airlines will resume Lagos flights on September 8, while Abuja is scheduled for September 7.
After about five months of COVID-19 induced lockdown, the government announced that international flights operations into MMIA and Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, would resume on September 5.
The early phase of the new normal would permit only a maximum of 1280 arriving passengers or four flights per day at each of the airports. Already, 14 airlines have been okayed to resume international flight operations.
The Lagos State government had on Friday, expressed satisfaction at the preparedness of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to manage travel activities in line with the COVID-19 protocols.
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