As Nigeria inches towards the reopening of airports for international flights on the 5th September, the minister of aviation Hadi Sirika has released the list of the approved airlines for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos. The airlines approved include British Airways, , Delta Airlines, Emirates Qatar, Kenya Airways and Middle East Airline, Egypt Air Emirate, Ethiopian Airline, WA, and Turkish Airline. On Saturdays, Lagos airport can welcome British Airways, , Delta Airlines, Emirates Qatar, Kenya Airways. On Monday, for Lagos Turkish, Air Senegal, Virgin Atlantic, Quatar, AWA, Kenya Airways and British Airways. Airlines that board passengers without the negative COVID-19 PCR test will be sanctioned as follows:‘Non – Nigerian will be refused entry and return to country of origin at the cost of the airlines.

Source: Ethiopian News September 03, 2020 20:03 UTC