…British Airways cancels flights into, out of Nigeria
Flights scheduled to operate on Sunday and other days have been cancelled and rescheduled following UK’s travel ban, leaving several passengers stranded.
A British Airways (BA) flight meant to fly out yesterday morning was rescheduled. Although the airline will still operate its Abuja flights, its Lagos-London flights for yesterday and today, Monday, have been rescheduled.
According to reports, BA flights from London that should have left Saturday night also did not operate but were rescheduled to leave on Sunday morning.
“We would like to inform you of a change to the departure time of your flight to London Heathrow. Due to operational reasons, we have had to make this adjustment to our schedule. Your flight will now be departing Lagos a day later than originally scheduled,” BA stated, in a mail to its customers on Sunday.
Recall that on Saturday, the UK Government’s decision was announced in a tweet, said Nigeria has been added to the countries on its red list due to the discovery of Covid-19 Omicron cases linked to Nigeria.
According to the new protocol, non-UK and non-Irish citizens who are travelling in from Nigeria will not be allowed entry into the UK.
Although the ban is described as temporary, the UK said the new protocol does not apply to persons ‘staying airside and only transiting through.’
