No international flight till October 15 – FG

Nigeria Government today said there would be no international flight until October 15.This information is contained in a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) issued by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) stating that it is extending the restriction of international flights to October 15 instead of August 19 as previously reported.An anonymous source confirmed that the international airports would remain closed until October, noting that the federal government did not give a specific date for reopening but that the government had previously said the airports would be closed until August.The source stated that if there would be a further extension beyond October, the message would be passed across but that for now, only essential and humanitarian flights will continue.Recalled that Nigeria placed travel restrictions on international flights into the country on March 21 after the country’s coronavirus cases doubled from 12 to 22. The airport closure was meant to last one month but as cases grew globally, the date of resumption got postponedThe Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja, and Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, were the first airports to be shut as measures to stem the spread of COVID-19.The nation’s civil aviation regulator, NCAA, announced in a statement while Enugu, Kano and Port Harcourt were shut afterwards.The Federal Government said the closure was necessary to contain the spread of the virus across the country. But so far, the NCAA has opened the airspace for domestic flights across the country.