By Tayo Alabi
The resumption of international flights earlier scheduled to commence August 29th has been postponed to September 5th.
The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Musa Nuhu, stated this at the Presidential Task Force COVID-19 briefing in Abuja on Thursday.
Nuhu said airlines and airports were ready to operate, other non-aviation logistics prompted the one-week extension.
“We have other non-aviation logistics we are still working on, mostly the COVID-19 protocol tests and online platform,” he said. “We need to get these ready.”
Nuhu described September 5 as a “sacrosanct date”, noting that “the initial announcement was anytime from the 29th.”
“In due course, we will be announcing the protocols for the resumptions and we will be giving further details,” he said. “Hopefully early next week, we will release these.”
In July, the country resumed domestic flight operations with international flights scheduled to follow.
