United Arab Emirates (UAE) which earlier on Monday gave directive to airlines that operate to Dubai from Nigeria not to bring Nigerian passengers to the Middle East country later reversed itself, attributing the reason for the initial ban to 36 travellers from the West African nation that tested positive to COVID-19 virus. Hundreds of passengers […]
Nigeria’s largest airline, Air Peace has announced it would resume flight operations between Nigeria and Dubai via Sharjah on December 1, 2021. Spokesman of the airline, Stanley Olise said the flight resumption was made possible following the resolution of diplomatic issues between UAE and Nigeria concerning COVID-19 protocol. A statement issued by the airline said, […]
The United Arabs Emirates (UAE) mega carrier, Emirates Airlines has extended ban on outbound Nigerian flights till March 20, 2021. This is coming at a time the federal government is contemplating reviewing the airline’s operations to Nigeria. Emirates has so far sustained its in-bound flights to Nigeria, even as it banned its outbound flight since […]
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 […]
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 […]
