The Minister of Aviation, Mr Hadi Sirika, said Monday that the federal government would open international flights only when it is safe to do so.
The minister said this at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on Control of COVID-19 in Abuja.
He said the federal government has lifted the suspension of ExecuJet airline.
It was suspended for giving false information and flying Naira Marley to Abuja for a concert on June 12.
He said the ban was lifted after the airline paid half of its fine and submitted a payment plan on how it would pay the balance.
“We have received tremendous amount of emails and WhatsApp messages and phone calls and so on and so forth, that we should open up international flights. And of course we’ve taken it for granted that people understood that is not a function of aviation alone, otherwise, there would not have been a task force.
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