By Dickson Omobola
Federal Authorities has stated overseas airways are free to function into and in another country’s worldwide airports.
Everlasting Secretary of the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Improvement, Dr Ibrahim Kana, stated this in Lagos at an occasion held to mark Ethiopian Airways, ET, inaugural second every day flight from Addis Ababa Bole Worldwide Airport to the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport, MMIA, Lagos.
Kana additionally pledged the ministry’s dedication to making sure that MMIA turns into a hub, saying that imaginative and prescient would quickly be achieved.
Talking on ET’s inaugural second every day flight, he stated: “We see Ethiopia as a part of Nigeria, and Nigeria as a part of Ethiopia. Subsequently, for Ethiopian Airways to fly out and into Nigeria and requesting for a rise in frequency at any cut-off date, we will grant them that approval. I’m personally completely happy that in the present day, we now have 14 flights every week getting out of Lagos and coming into Lagos. I feel we are able to solely ask for extra.
“For us in Nigeria and the Ministry of Aviation, our dream is to see that Lagos turns into a hub and, in no distant future, I can assure that. All different airways that need to fly into Nigeria are welcomed. Ethiopian Airways is challengeable. Lagos welcomes everybody. Now we have Abuja, Enugu, Port Harcourt and Kano airports. They’re broad open for all worldwide airways to fly out and in of Nigeria.”
In the meantime, Space Supervisor of Ethiopian Airways in Nigeria, Firiehiwot Mekonnen, who spoke on the occasion, stated: “The coming flight from Addis Ababa got here with 114 passengers in Financial system and 1 passenger in Enterprise Class. The complete load reveals Nigerians’ love and assist for Ethiopian Airways.
“Ethiopian Airways has been serving Nigeria since independence in 1960, which can mark our uninterrupted and dedicated operation to Nigeria 65 years in November 2025, and there shall be an enormous celebration to mark this.”
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