Passengers on international flights would have to arrive the airport three hours before flights when Nigeria finally opens its airspace for international operations, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 said on Thursday.
The PTF has asked the aviation authorities and airline operators to begin the process for the restart of international flights.
Travellers have been anxiously waiting for the resumption of international flights with the reopening of domestic airports for domestic flights in July, after almost four months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The PTF National Coordinator, Sani Aliyu, during a briefing on Thursday in Abuja, said the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority and other agencies, as well as airlines, should commence the process for the restart of international flights.
According to Aliyu, passengers would arrive three hours before flights when the country’s airspace finally opens for international operations.
“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 recommendation to the aviation industry to commence the process for opening international airport provided all existing international and local Covid-19 protocol are in place,” he said.
