May 16, (THEWILL) – The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has said Emirates Airlines will soon resume flight operations to Nigeria, saying the airline will make a formal announcement of the plan.
Keyamo disclosed this on X on Wednesday, after a meeting with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ambassador to Nigeria, Salem Saeed Al-Shamsi, at the UAE Embassy in Abuja.
“Yesterday (Tuesday), I paid a working visit to the Ambassador of the UAE to Nigeria, His Excellency, Salem Saeed Al-Shamsi, at the UAE Embassy in Abuja.
“He handed me a correspondence from Emirates Airline indicating a definite date for their resumption of flights to Nigeria. That date will be formally announced by Emirates Airlines in a matter of days,” the post read.
The UAE imposed a blanket visa ban on Nigerians in October 2022, while Emirates Airlines suspended flight operations to Nigeria in November of the same year.
