In order to enable free flow of movement across borders and to put an end to the impasse occasioned by restriction of airlines by countries due to COVID-19 pandemic, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has introduced new travel pass. Recently the federal government and the United Arab Emirates had a spat over the introduction […]
Dubai-based mega carrier, Emirates Airlines has extended the date for suspension of the airlift of Nigerian passengers from the Abuja and Lagos airports to March 10, 2021. The airline said in a statement signed by its management that it would on March 10 review its protocols and may begin outbound flights from Nigeria after that […]
United Arab Emirates has banned Air Peace flights to Sharjah. It however allowed the airline to continue with airlifting its passengers to Nigeria from the city, which is near Dubai. The Nigerian carrier made the disclosure on Thursday in a statement signed by the management, saying that UAE stopped the flights as part of its […]
Last week Emirates Airlines had a spat with the federal government over its plan to introduce COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test (RDT) for passengers to be administered four hours before take-off of their flight. The federal government in response banned and unbanned the airline within 24 hours and since then Emirates has cancelled all its Lagos-Dubai […]
The Federal Government yesterday lifted the suspension slammed on Emirates Airlines from operating outbound flights from Nigeria (Lagos and Abuja) for 72 hours, effective Thursday February 4, 2021, after the airline agreed to withdraw the COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Testing (RDT) for Nigerian passengers prior to the departure. Due to the development, the Presidential Task Force […]
