Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, says Emirates Airlines has given a definite date to resume flight operations to Nigeria.
The minister made this known on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in a post on his X page.
Keyamo said he got correspondence from Emirates Airline when he visited Salem Saeed Al-Shamsi, ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Abuja.
“Yesterday, I paid a working visit to the Ambassador of the UAE to Nigeria, His Excellency, Salem Saeed Al-Shamsi at the UAE Embassy in Abuja. He handed me a correspondence from the Emirates Airline indicating a definite date for their resumption of flights to Nigeria,” Keyamo said.
In October 2022, Emirates Airlines suspended flight operations to Nigeria over its inability to repatriate funds trapped in the country.
The airline suspended operations twice last year, with the first in August 2022.
Emirates Airline said the suspension in October was due to its $85 million revenue trapped in Nigeria.
On November 19, 2023, Keyamo said Emirates Airlines would soon announce the exact date of their resumption of flight operations to Nigeria.
He also said the federal government is working on some details concerning the resumption.
