The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has issued guidelines for companies providing in-flight catering services to airlines operating domestic flights in Nigeria.

According to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, catering service providers had been identified by the Authority as one of the key service providers to airlines that were required to put in place COVID-19 risk management measures to assure the travelling public that catering products served on board flights were not a potential sources of COVID-19 pandemic.

In a circular issued by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority on the resumption of domestic flight operations in the Country, in-flight catering companies were required by the Authority to carry out regular risk assessments of their operations, and put in place remedial actions to address any identified hazard to prevent the possible spread of COVID-19 virus to their customers through their products.