Afrigather The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Growth, Festus Keyamo, stated Emirates Airline will resume operations in Nigeria on or earlier than June 2024.
Keyamo disclosed this when he featured on Come up Tv on Monday.
The minister famous that President Bola Tinubu performed a big position in resolving the frosty relations between the 2 international locations.
In response to the minister, the Nigerian authorities and the United Arab Emirates have resolved points, and the airline is ready to announce the date for its first flight.
Keyamo stated the UAE airline despatched a letter confirming its readiness to renew flight operations in Nigeria.
“Emirates flight resumption is sort of occurring. I simply acquired a letter from Emirates. The letter is on my cellphone now. They’ve gone by way of all of the gamut, and they’re prepared to come back again. They’ll announce the date as a result of to restart a route, they should get an plane for that route,” he stated.
In November 2023, after the Dubai Airshow, Keyamo introduced that he spoke with the representatives of Emirates Airways regarding a doable resumption.
He stated the airline was engaged on the small particulars and would announce the precise date of their resumption of the flights.
Talking additional, Keyamo acknowledged, “I’m saying to Nigerians for the primary time; that I simply acquired a letter from Emirates now. The letter is with me. I’ve a tough copy thanking you for all of the efforts we made. Mr. President was the showman right here. He was the one who pushed for it.
“He made my job simple as a result of he went there, and had a diplomatic shuttle to resolve all the problems. That was why I stated the final announcement was hasty and never faux information. They’ll announce the date for his or her subsequent flight. We’ve acquired a letter confirming that each one the problems have been resolved and that we’re ready to begin coming again. It might be earlier than June,” the minister stated.
Emirates Airline halted its flight operations to Nigeria in October 2022 as a result of it couldn’t repatriate funds held within the nation.
The airline attributed the October suspension to the $85bn income trapped in Nigeria.
