Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika stated that a total of 14 airports across the country has resumed full domestic flights, following the temporary suspension of aviation services due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Sirika, who announced this via his verified twitter handle, @hadisirika yesterday, July 26, 2020, added that ministerial approval for resumption of domestic flights was not required.
According to Sirika, both private and charter operations are now fully available to customers.
He pledged to keep the public informed of the resumption date for airports yet to resume operations.
The airports now fully operational domestically include; the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos; Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja; Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport; Port Harcourt International Airport and Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri.
Others are the Maiduguri Airport, Victor Attah Airport, Uyo; Kaduna Airport, Yola Airport, Margret Ekpo Airport, Calabar, and Sultan Abubakar Airport, Sokoto.
Also cleared for domestic flight resumption are the Birnin Kebbi Airport, Yakubu Gowon Airport, Jos, and the Benin Airport.
International flights remain suspended owing to the global anxiety created by the coronavirus pandemic but there are indications that international flight operations would commence before October 2020.
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