The Federal Government on Monday said it would carry out a simulation trial of domestic flight operations at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos on Saturday as it prepares to reopen the country’s airspace to commercial flights.
It also assured Nigerians that airfares would not be outrageously high as speculated by many, based on plans to begin the social distancing rule onboard flights.
This came as the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority declared that it would submit the aviation restart plan to the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Wednesday.
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, while speaking at Monday’s briefing of the PTF in Abuja, doused concerns about a possible hike in airfares when commercial flights resume.
He added that they are doing everything to ensure that tickets’ prices are not skyrocketed. They may be different but affordable to passengers.
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