Ebun Francis| The Federal Government on Wednesday announced the resumption of domestic flights across the country.
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who made the disclosure in a tweet via his verified Twitter handle, said the Abuja and Lagos airports will resume domestic operations on July 8, while the Kano, Port Harcourt, Owerri and Maiduguri airports would resume on the 11th.
Other airports are also expected to resume operations on the 15th.
Sirika, however, noted that a date for the international airports will be announced in due course.
The tweet read, ”I am glad to announce that Abuja & Lagos airports will resume domestic operations on the 8th of July, 2020. Kano, Port Harcourt, Owerri & Maiduguri to resume on the 11th. Other airports on the 15th. Date for international to be announced in due course. Bear with us, please.”
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, airports and airline operations both local and international, just like several other sectors of the economy were shut to curb the spread of the virus.
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