Kayode OyeroThe Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has asked aviation authorities and airline operators to begin the process for the restart of international flights. With the reopening of domestic airports for local flights in July after about four months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, travellers had been in high hopes for the resumption of international flights. According to Aliyu, passengers would arrive three hours before flights when the country’s airspace finally reopens for international operations. He said, “Specific to air transportation, as you are aware, domestic flights have already resumed, the railway sector has also restarted. For international travel, we have made recommendations to the aviation industry to commence the process for reopening international airports provided all existing international and local Covid-19 protocol are in place.

Source: Punch August 06, 2020 16:50 UTC