Emirates Airline resumes Nigeria flight, October 1

Emirates Airlines has confirmed its return to operations in Nigeria starting from October 1, 2024.

The airline disclosed this via its official X handle on Thursday.

“We are excited to resume our services to Nigeria. The Lagos-Dubai service has traditionally been popular with customers in Nigeria and we hope to reconnect leisure and business travellers to Dubai and onwards to our network of over 140 destinations.

“We thank the Nigerian government for their partnership and support in re-establishing this route and we look forward to welcoming passengers back onboard,” Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ Deputy President and Chief Commercial Officer disclosed.

In November 2022,  Emirates suspended flights operations to Nigeria over its inability to repatriate its $85 million revenue trapped in the country. The suspension was the second time the airline halted flights to Nigeria over its unrepatriated funds. The first time was in August, 2022.