FG releases schedule, more updates amid coronavirus as international flights resume

NCAA has released a flight schedule amid coronavirus as international flights commence today, Saturday, 5th September 2020.

OnyxNews Nigeria reports that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority through a memo signed by the Director-General of the agency, Musa Nuhu, noted that incoming flights are only permitted to carry a maximum of 200 passengers.

Speaking on outgoing passengers, Nuhu said: “there is no limit”.

“Kindly note due to the limited number of approved incoming passengers (1,280) allowed daily per each airport, it is not possible to accommodate the requested schedule of airlines.

“Each operator has only one frequency on an approved day of operation irrespective of the capacity of aircraft utilised,” it read.

The approved airlines for international flight schedule include Turkish Airlines, Air Senegal, Virgin Atlantic, Qatar, Africa World Airlines (AWA) Ghana for the Lagos and Abuja airports.

Others are Emirates, British Airways, Ethiopian, Asky, Air Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt Air, Delta, Middle East and Kenya Airways.

See below the flight schedule released by the NCAA.

.@NigerianCAA NOTICE: FLIGHT SCHEDULE FOR PARTIAL RESUMPTION OF INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS #GovtAtWorkNG #PTFCOVID19 pic.twitter.com/PlTWzYcLjh

— Government of Nigeria (@NigeriaGov) September 4, 2020

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