The Federal Government has announced the reopening of all domestic airports for flight operations.
Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika made the announcement at the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on Monday.
Sirika said all airports in the country including those in Jalingo, Gombe, amongst others could restart operations.
He said, Regarding approvals for flights within the country domestic approvals. All airports in Nigeria are now open for domestic flights. Private charter operations will no longer need approvals from us to operate within domestic airports in all government-approved airports and in all government-owned airports.
However, those airports that are private airports government-approved airports the operators should check the safety status with the NCAA (Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority). Such airports like Jalingo, Uyo, Asaba, Gombe, Nasarawa, Damaturu, Osubi, etc.
So, you wont need any approvals from the minister but you should kindly check the status of these airports with the NCAA which is normal.
All flights out of the country and into the country that are private charter will still need approvals including technical stops, the minister added.
