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FG to reopen Kano and Port Harcourt airports for international flights

William Ukpe by William Ukpe
November 13, 2020
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The Nigerian government announced the reopening of the Kano and Port Harcourt airports for international flights. This comes 3 months after Lagos and Abuja airports were reopened for operations.

This was disclosed by Musa Nuhu, the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), during the daily Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja on Thursday.

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Nairametrics reported in August that The Federal Government has commenced the process of gradual resumption of international flight operations in Lagos and Abuja which were suspended as part of measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19.

The FG later postponed the resumption date for international flights to September 5th 2020. This came after the FG  announced the reopening of 14 airports across the nation for full domestic operations in July.

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The Federal Government also commissioned the reopening of the reconstructed Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu on Sunday, August 30, 2020.

At the briefings, Mr. Nuhu disclosed that both airports reopening for International flights will be fully operational after the ICT infrastructure issues have been fixed and manpower is fully adequate for International resumption.

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Nuhu said the Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID)  will provide the ICT support wand the manpower would be provided by the Port Health Services

He added that opening the airport for International flights was necessary to decongest Lagos and Abuja airports.

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