Pascal Arogorn Ibe
Lufthansa, Air France /KLM have been given the approval to operate international flights into Nigeria .
Minister of Aviation , Hadi Sirika, made the disclosure in a tweet on Tuesday.
Sirika also added that Qatar Airways has been granted approval to resume flights to Abuja .
The Minister hinted at the possibility of the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport , Port Harcourt International Airport and Enugu Airport accommodating foreign travellers before year end .
The tweet read , “ We are working with Ministry of Health , CACOVID & The PTF to open Kano, Port Harcourt & possibly Enugu airports before the end of the year . Also Lufthansa, Air France /KLM have been given go – ahead to resume. Qatar Airways is approved to start Abuja . Thank you for your patience . ”
In September , the Nigerian government barred some airlines from entering the West African nation as it resumed international flights operations .
The airlines include Air France , KLM Royal Dutch, Lufthansa, Etihad Airways , RwandAir , Air Namibia , Royal Air Maroc and TAAG Angola.
Some of the airlines were denied permission to enter because Nigerians with tourist visas have been banned from entering those countries .
The ones that fell under this category were: Air France , KLM Royal Dutch, Lufthansa and Etihad Airways .
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