International flights resumed at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja, on Monday, when an Airbus A350 aircraft operated by Ethiopian Airlines taxied to a halt at the airport terminal.
The aircraft with registration number ET-AUC, which took off from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport with 180 passengers onboard, landed at the NAIA at about 2pm and was received to a water cannon reception.
This is coming more than five months after the closure of the Nigerian airspace to scheduled international flights due to lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic.
Officials from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Port Health Services, amongst others, were on ground to receive the passengers and ensure protocols put in place by the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 were strictly obeyed.
