International flight operations in and out of Nigeria has finally resumed.
A Middle East Airlines’ plane from Lebanon touched down by 2.30 pm at the
at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Saturday to be the first into the country since the suspension of flights by the Federal Government in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Channels Television that outbound passengers were also preparing for boarding formalities.
“The Middle East Airline landed at about 2:05 pm but taxied to our view at about 2:27 pm to the welcome of what is called, in aviation parlance, a traditional water cannon salute, signalling the first flight coming into this airport after five months and 22 days, according to authorities,” Channels Tv correspondent Oketunmbi reported.
She added that the passengers did not disembark in the usual way, they went through the finger and they were batched in t20s to the port of entry, in line with the federal government’s COVID-19 protocols.
“She also observed that airport officials ensured that everyone maintained social distance and made sure that the port of entry was not clogged up.
However, she noted that people still had to fill hard copy forms which should have been available online, according to the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.
“On the flight, there were about 222 passengers and 15 crew members,” she said. “Most of the passengers, from what I observed, were some of the stranded young girls in Lebanon.”
