The Nigerian government has approved the increase of passengers seats on flights of international airlines to 200 passengers per aircraft. Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu, make the above information public on Saturday October, 3. The Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, are currently designated for international operations. The new directive came into effect October 2. In a statement yesterday, however, the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu disclosed the approval.
The statement mentioned that the federal government approved capacity increase to 'All Foreign Airline Operators Flying Into Nigeria' through the Air Operators Letter (AOL) dated October 2 effective date of the updated flight schedule.
The statement said: "Following the partial resumption of international flights approved by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) and subsequent request for additional flight frequencies by airlines updated flight schedule is given."
"The Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos with the new update to see on the average, 2,200 passengers daily while the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to witness averagely, 1,400 passengers on daily basis. 25, 200 seats per week are now available to foreign carrier to sell."
Nuhu encouraged the operators to abide by laid down health protocols. He encouraged them to ensure that all flights operations are conducted in compliance with Covid-19 Health protocols as issued by Aeronautical and Public Health Authorities.
The currently approved carriers to operate into the country are: British Airways, Middle East Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Kenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Qatar Airways, RwandAir, Africa World Airlines, Asky, Air Cote d'Ivoire, Delta Airlines and Egypt Air.
