Emirates Resumes Flights To Nigeria After Two-Year Break

Emirates Airlines on Tuesday resumed flight operations to Nigeria from Dubai to Lagos after a two-year break.

The airline’s flight landed at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, MMIA, in Lagos on Tuesday afternoon coinciding with Nigeria’s celebration of its 64 years independence.

Emirates Airlines suspended its Dubai-Lagos flights in November 2022 over its inability to repatriate trapped funds in Nigeria in the heat of the diplomatic fireworks between the two countries.

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Nigeria and the UAE have a long history of restriction of flights between both countries based on certain unresolved issues surrounding the Bilateral Air Services Agreement, BASA.

Visa restrictions later surfaced as diplomatic fireworks continued between Nigeria and the UAE, which is a top destination for Nigerian migrants and tourists.

However, in September 2023, President Bola Tinubu met with UAE President, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in Abu Dhabi, to smoothen the rough edges in the diplomatic relations between the two countries.