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The federal government on Friday announced withdrawal of the approval granted to Emirates to conduct international flight operations in the country.
Minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika, made the announcement via a post on his Twitter handle.
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) had, in a memo earlier in September, included Emirates in the list of approved airlines for international flights for both Abuja and Lagos airports.
But the minister said the decision to reverse the approval was taken after a meeting of the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19 with European Union ambassadors on Friday.
He disclosed that the ban will come to effect on September 21, 2020.
Sirika also said there were discussions on the ban on Lufthansa and Air France-KLM.
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“The PTF sub committee met today with EU Ambassadors to discuss Lufthansa, Air France/KLM ban. The meeting progressed well. Emirates Airlines’s situation was reviewed & they are consequently included in the list of those not approved, with effect from Monday the 21st Sept. 2020,” the minister wrote.
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