The Federal Government has announced that the restart date for domestic flights will be made known next week. This is as it noted that it will carry out ‘Dry Run’ tests of Lagos and Abuja Airports on Saturday.
Chief Executive Officer for the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Musa Nuhu made the revelation at the daily briefing of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 pandemic in Abuja. He said significant progress has been made regarding readiness to restart the domestic aviation sector.
“A few gaps remaining, which will be closed hopefully in next couple of days. We have to get it right both in technical safety and health safety.” he asserted.
Domestic flights were supposed to resume on June 21, according to reports but the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), suspended the planned resumption due in part to the continued ban on interstate movements.
The NCAA said there was no way domestic flights could resume operations if people would not be able to move freely from one state to another owing to COVID-19.
