Maximum of 200 Passengers allowed on incoming International flights -NCAA

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced that all incoming international flights are only permitted to bring in a maximum of 200 passengers.

This information was released by the Director-General/CEO of NCAA, Musa Nuhu.

The statement released read: “Following the announcement by the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19 on the partial resumption of international flights effective September 5, 2020″.

“Kindly note that due to the limited number of approved incoming passengers (1,280) allowed daily per each airport, it is not possible to accommodate the requested schedule of airlines”.

He further stated that “The approved schedule is based on a maximum number of 200 passengers per incoming flight to Nigeria. There is however no limit on the number of outgoing passengers”.

“Each operator has only one frequency on an approved day of operation irrespective of the capacity of aircraft utilised.”

The released statement listed the approved airlines for international flight schedule for both Abuja and Lagos airports to include:

Turkish Airlines

Air Senegal

Virgin Atlantic

Qatar Airlines

Africa World Airlines (AWA) Ghana

Emirates Airlines

British Airways

Ethiopian Airlines

Asky Airlines

Air Cote d’Ivoire

Egypt Air

Delta Airlines

Middle East Airlines and

Kenya Airways.

The NCAA said the limit on the number of passengers on incoming flights will be increased in the coming weeks and additional flight frequencies will be allocated to airlines.

Here is the flight schedule released by the NCAA: