COVID-19: UAE Suspends Flights from Nigeria To Dubai.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) government has disclosed the suspension of airlifting of Nigerians to Dubai as part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Air Peace, one of Nigeria’s biggest airline, announced the decision of the UAE authorities to its passengers on Thursday.
Air Peace, which operates to Sharjah-Dubai, apologized for the flight disruptions.
“The Management of Air Peace wishes to notify the flying public that the UAE Government has stopped the airlifting of Nigerians from Nigeria to UAE as part of its COVID-19 measures.
“However, flights bringing Nigerians back from UAE are not affected. To this end, Air Peace flight from UAE (Sharjah-Dubai) to Lagos is not affected. Normal flights shall resume when the restriction is lifted from February 28, 2021,” Air Peace said in its communication.”
Gistlover understands that countries across the world have used flight restriction as one of the measures to check the spread of COVID-19.
There are over 106 million confirmed COVID-19 cases across the world out of which 2.3 million deaths have been recorded.
