Emirates Airline Resumes Abuja Operations Dec. 15 – Minister
Emirates Airlines, will on December 15 resume operations to Abuja route, Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika says.
Sirika made the disclosure on Thursday via his Twitter handle.
Glad to inform that Emirates will recommence Abuja flight on the 15th of December, 2017. Thanks for bearing with us.
— Hadi Sirika (@hadisirika) November 1, 2017
This is coming almost a year after the Dubai based airline suspended its flight operations in Abuja.
The minister had earlier announced the Federal Government had concluded with the airline to resume operations in Abuja on November 1 but later disclosed that the resumption was not feasible.
We are still working hard but must apologize that 1st of November is not likely, will report progress later. Please bear with us. Apologies
— Hadi Sirika (@hadisirika) October 27, 2017
However, Emirates is yet to release an official confirmation of its resumption.
The airline had in October 2016 announced that it would suspend its four flights per week from Abuja to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Part of the reasons it halted operations were inability to access foreign exchange for its operations, high cost of aviation fuel and the state of the Abuja Airport runway at that time.