FG Bans Emirates Airlines From Nigeria

The Federal Government has barred Emirates Airlines from operating in Nigeria.
According to the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, the ban will take
effect from Monday, September twenty-first, 2020.
Sirika said the country would go ahead and implement the principle of
reciprocity to all countries that had banned flights from Nigeria.
The Federal Government had last month vowed to enforce the principle
of reciprocity in granting permission to airlines to resume
operations.

Before the resumption of international flights in the country, the
Federal Government had announced that Air France, KLM, Etihad,
RwandAir, Air Namibia, Royal Air Maroc, Lufthansa, TAAG Angola
Airlines were not granted approval to commence flight operations.
Cabo Verde and South African airlines were also denied approval as
international flights had yet to resume in their countries.

Middle East Airline, British Airways, Delta, Qatar, Ethiopian
Airlines, Emirates Airlines, Air Peace, Virgin Atlantic, Asky
Airlines, Africa World Airways, Air Cote D’ Ivoire, Kenya Airways,
EgyptAir, Turkish Airlines were all granted approval to resume
operations in Nigeria.