After two years of pulling out of Nigeria, the Emirates Airlines flight has returned to the country.
The airline’s aircraft landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on Tuesday.
Emirate stopped coming to Nigeria after its revenues totalled $85m in August 2022 was blocked by the Nigerian government over lack of forex.
At the time of filing this report, the funds have successfully been repatriated.
Following several diplomatic meetings between the Nigerian and the United Arab Emirates governments, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, also led a high-level Nigerian delegation to UAE on Friday to finalise negotiations ahead of the resumption of the airline’s operations in Nigeria.
The meeting also settled a new Bilateral Air Service Agreement between both nations to ensure stronger and mutually beneficial aviation ties.
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