Nigeria Postpones Resumption Of International Flights; Reveals New Date.

Nigeria has postponed the resumption of international flights scheduled for August 29th 2020.

Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika during the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19 few minutes ago made the announcement.

The new date for the resumption of flights is September 5th 2020.

The statement read; “Regret to announce that the international flight resumption earlier scheduled to resume on 29th August has been shifted to 5th September 2020.

Breaking: Regret to announce that the international flight resumption earlier scheduled to resume on 29th August has been shifted to 5th September 2020.#PTF on COVID-19#AviationNG pic.twitter.com/obihvYTKRV

— Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Devt. (@fmaviationng) August 27, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic brought all international travel to a halt with all the countries banning all international flights in order to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus. 

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