Emirates Airlines of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has excluded Nigeria from its just announced list of African countries to resume flight operations.
The airlines announced on its website that it had resumed flights between five African countries which included Ghana, Guinea, Angola, Ivory Coast, and Uganda, which had been earlier banned due to the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus.
The update read: “From 13 January 2022, Emirates will resume passenger services to and from Guinea (CKY), Cote d’Ivoire (ABJ), Ghana (ACC), Uganda (EBB), and Angola (LAD),”.
In a travel update posted on its website, Emirates indicated that the lifting of travel restrictions placed on Ghana, Guinea, and three other African countries took effect on Thursday, January 13th.
However, flights from Nigeria and some other countries remain suspended.
The airline, earlier in December 2021 indefinitely suspended the entry of travellers from Nigeria and some selected African countries over the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
It later extended the flight ban to other countries including Ghana, Angola, Guinea, Uganda, Cote d’Ivoire, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
