Nigeria Opens All Airports For Flight Operation

All airports are now open for flight business after about four months of lockdown. The Federal Government had begun easing the reopening of airports since confirmed cases of COVID-19 began to drop in Nigeria.

All airport had been shut down in March following a nationwide restriction on movements which includes road, sea, and airspace. Flight operation resumed in July, with domestic flights starting first before international flights followed in September.

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However, flight resumption was only restricted to some major airports. Now, according to the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, all airports across Nigeria are now opened to flight operation. This shows the COVID-19 guidelines or measures have been put in place across all airports in Nigeria.

AllNews gathered that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) would have to give approval to private charter flights operating on the international airspace before in order to resume operation.

“Regarding approvals for flights within the country — domestic approvals — all airports in Nigeria are now open for domestic flights. Private charter operations will no longer need approvals from us to operate within domestic airports in all government-approved airports and in all government-owned airports,” he said.

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“However, those airports that are private airports — government-approved airports — the operators should check the safety status with the NCAA (Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority). Such airports like Jalingo, Uyo, Asaba, Gombe, Nasarawa, Damaturu, etc.
 
“So, you won’t need any approvals from the minister, but you should kindly check the status of these airports with the NCAA which is normal.

“However, all flights out of the country and into the country that are private charter will still need approvals for those kinds of flights, including technical stops.”