International flights: FG bars Air France, KLM, Lufthansa, others

As international flights resume on September 5, the Federal Government says only approved airlines will be allowed into the country’s airspace. Speaking on Thursday during a briefing of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said only the NAIA and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, would reopen for international travels. He listed Egyptair, Virgin Atlantic, Turkish Airlines, AWA, Kenya Airways and Middle East Airlines as airlines permitted to operate into the Lagos airport. The minister also listed British Airways, Emirates, Ethiopian, AWA, and Middle East Airlines as airlines

By |September 3rd, 2020|Categories: International|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Air France, KLM, Emirates, Lufthansa Halt Flying Through Iran, Iraq Airspaces

A growing number of airlines said Wednesday they were avoiding Iranian and Iraqi airspace or flights to the region after Tehran fired ballistic missiles against bases housing US troops in Iraq. “As a precautionary measure and following news of airstrikes underway, Air France has decided to suspend until further notice all flights through Iranian and Iraqi airspace,” an Air France spokesman told AFP. Iran launched a series of missiles at the bases housing US troops in the early hours, officials in Washington and Tehran said. Iran’s supreme leader later called it a “slap in the face” after a US drone

By |January 8th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |0 Comments
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