FG: Emirates Will Resume Operations When All Our Requirements Are Met- By Daisy BARRO

 

The Federal Government (FG) will soon give Emirates Airline the nod to recommence operations in Nigeria, on the condition that the Airline meets all its requirements. This was revealed on Monday by the Director General (DG) of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu during a Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) meeting on COVID-19.

Sources reveal that negotiations between the FG and Emirates are ongoing, and that the final decisions taken will soon be made public. According to Capt. Nuhu, “As regards the issue of Emirates Airline resumption of flights to Nigeria, the PSC deliberated extensively and the gap has been significantly closed between the position of Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). They have met some of our requirements, and we are just waiting for one confirmation.”

Before the ban on Emirates went into force, the Airline insisted that Nigerians do a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test seventy-two hours before departing Nigeria and another PCR test on arrival in Dubai. Sometime later, another test was added to the aforementioned – a Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT), to be taken four hours before boarding flights from Nigeria to Dubai. This last addition was what triggered the FG to ban the Airline on March 18, 2021.

Emirates Airline is still to comment on the current state of affairs, and to update the flying public on the COVID-19 protocols to be enforced once they fully resume operations in Nigeria.

 

 


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