As Nigeria approaches the reopening of airports for foreign flights on September 5, Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika has the list of approved airlines for Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport and Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport.
Approved airlines include British Airways, Delta Airlines, Emirates Qatar, Kenya Airways and Middle East Airline, Egypt Air Emirate, Ethiopian Airline, WA and Turkish Airlines.Virgin Atlantic, Air Peace, Asky, Africa Ward Ghana, Air Cote d’lvoire,
In-experience airlines come with Air France, KLM, Ethiad, RwandAir, Air Namibia, Air Almaroq, Lufthansa, Angola, South Africa Airways.
On Saturdays, Lagos Airport can accommodate British Airways, Delta Airlines, Emirates Qatar, Kenya Airways.For Abuja, future airlines will come with Ethiopian Air, BA, Egypt Air, Middle East, Middle East and Turkish Airline.
On Sunday, airlines will come with Delta, Air Senegal, Virgin Atlantic, Ethiopian, AWA and Turkish, while Abuja Airport will get BA, Egypt Air, Ethiopian, Emirate and AWA.
Monday for Lakes Turkish, Air Senegal, Virgin Atlantic, Quatar, AWA, Kenya Airways and British Airways; for Abuja, Mondays are BA, Emirates, Ethiopia and AWA.
Sirika stated that what used to come to its resolution was the foreign carrier operator’s license, which is the requirement of the law for every airline operating in Nigeria, the PTF Covid-19 directive and other directives and restrictions of other countries.
According to him, all long-term travellers to Nigeria must have negative control of Covid-19 through PCR in the country of departure and PCR verification must be carried out before 4 days of departure, preferably 72 hours before boarding and from some countries., the PCR would only be accepted through known persons.Laboratories.
It stated that tests conducted more than 4 days before departure and tests conducted before these people could board are accepted.
“All long-term passengers will have to register on an online payment portal for foreigners in Nigeria at http://:nitp.ncdc.gov.ng and also pay for a moment the check repeated in Nigeria.”
“Once the payment is made, passengers will get an email to the lab of their selection of their choice by offering them the lab link to register for PCR verification on the 7th day of their arrival.Passengers will be able to enter a pattern collection center.”and a date and time for the pattern collection.»
“There will be a list of personal laboratories and pattern collection centers on the NCDC website, adding that passengers will also complete the online self-reporting form also located in the same form of payment and send it online or send it for submission upon arrival.”
“They want to make sure that the information, the coordinates provided on the platform are correct and verifiable and can be attached if desired.Passengers will have to inform port fitness officials when they arrive of any adjustment in their fitness, claim that they have completed the self-report, i.e. take responsibility ».
“Before boarding, passengers must download the negative covid-19 check result from the payment portal and have a copy to file at the airport.Before boarding, all travelers will be screened for fever and questioned about Covid-19 symptoms.”
Passengers with symptoms of COVID-19 will not be able to board the flight and airlines will only have to board passengers whose COVID-19 verification effects have ended within four days.will be sanctioned as follows:
“Non-Nigerians will be denied access and returned to their home country at the expense of airlines.Therefore, airlines should return passengers to the position where they boarded and the charge will be borne by the airline.”
Sirika said Nigerians would be allowed to enter and be quarantined for 14 days at a government-approved facility at the passenger’s expense. Airlines will be fined $3500 according to the passenger for not meeting the pre-boarding requirement.
The Minister stated that passengers who do not submit or report their PCR check will be placed on the watch list for 6 months and will be denied abroad, confident that the result of the checkup will be held within 24 days.
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