Federal Government’s plan to reopen the international airspace amid restricted traffic flow and four daily flights each at Lagos and Abuja airports has stirred worry in the industry. Besides, the COVID-19 medical response team in Lagos is wary of the new travel protocols for arriving travellers. After about five months of lockdown, the President Muhammadu Buhari administration announced resumption of foreign flights at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja from August 29. Moreover, the ‘new normal’ allows maximum of 1280 passengers arriving each of the gateways. The 1280 passengers per airport benchmark by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 implies an average of four aircraft with each conveying 320 lives.

Source: The Guardian August 24, 2020 04:18 UTC