Emirates Airline to resume Nigeria flights in June, says Keyamo

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, mentioned Emirates Airline will resume operations in Nigeria on or sooner than June 2024.

Keyamo disclosed this when he featured on Come up Television on Monday.

The minister favorite that President Bola Tinubu played a significant characteristic in resolving the chilly kin between the two international locations.

In accordance with the minister, the Nigerian authorities and the United Arab Emirates believe resolved factors, and the airline is determined to affirm the date for its first flight.

Keyamo mentioned the UAE airline despatched a letter confirming its readiness to resume flight operations in Nigeria.

Emirates flight resumption is nearly occurring. I good got a letter from Emirates. The letter is on my cell phone now. They believe got long gone by the total gamut, and they’re ready to realize motivate. They’re going to affirm the date because to restart a route, they need to get an aircraft for that route, he mentioned.

In November 2023, after the Dubai Airshow, Keyamo announced that he spoke with the representatives of Emirates Airways regarding a that that it is doubtless you’ll imagine resumption.

He mentioned the airline turn out to be once working on the exiguous details and would affirm the true date of their resumption of the flights.

Speaking extra, Keyamo mentioned, I am announcing to Nigerians for the principle time; that I good got a letter from Emirates now. The letter is with me. I in truth believe a exhausting replica thanking you for the total efforts we made. Mr. President turn out to be once the showman here. He turn out to be once the one who pushed for it.

He made my job easy because he went there, and had a diplomatic shuttle to resolve the total factors. That turn out to be once why I mentioned the final announcement turn out to be once rapid and now now not faux data. They’re going to affirm the date for their subsequent flight. We’ve a letter confirming that the total factors believe been resolved and that we are ready to begin coming motivate. It’ll also per chance be sooner than June,” the minister mentioned.

Emirates Airline halted its flight operations to Nigeria in October 2022 since it couldn’t repatriate funds held in the country.

The airline attributed the October suspension to the $85bn revenue trapped in Nigeria.