After three months ban on flight operations due to covid 19 pandemic, the federal government has approved the resumption of domestic flights.
Chairman of the presidential task force on covid 19, Boss Mustapha who disclosed this at the briefing of the task force in Abuja also disclosed that there may be a possible hike in air fare as the aviation sector is the worst hit in this covid 19 pandemic, as flight operations were halted.
He explained that the hike in air fare is inevitable because those in the aviation sector are in the business to make profit and that the new normal the country is faced with now, brings about hike in everything and aviation air fare is not an exception.
National Coordinator of the PTF on covid 19 Sani Aliyu had earlier said domestic flights can resume operations in Nigeria after a satisfactory assessment of the aviation sector preparedness to resume adding that the domestic operations can resume as soon as practicable in line with the protocols and guidelines of covid 19.
He charged air passengers to maintain social distance, wear face mask , wash their hands or use sanitizer.
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