Emirates announces resumption of Lagos-Dubai flights from October 1
Two years after flight suspension to Nigeria over the inability to repatriate funds from its ticket sales in Nigeria, Emirates announced that it will resume its services to Nigeria from 1 October 2024, operating a daily service between Lagos and Dubai.
The Informant247 gathered that the UAE carrier was owed over $85 million when it was suspending flight.
Authorities in the UAE also followed with a visa ban on Nigerians, halting movement between Nigeria and UAE.
It would be recalled that the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led federal government had reopened negotiations with the UAE authorities and Emirates Airlines to resolve the pending issues.
However, the airline on Thursday, announced the resumption of flights, promising to offer customers more choice and connectivity from Nigeria’s largest city to and through Dubai. This service will be operated using a Boeing 777-300ER. EK783 will depart Dubai at 0945hrs, arriving in Lagos at 1520hrs; the return flight EK784 will leave Lagos at 1730hrs and arrive in Dubai at 0510hrs the next day.
Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ Deputy President and Chief Commercial Officer, said, “We are excited to resume our services to Nigeria. The Lagos-Dubai service has traditionally been popular with customers in Nigeria, and we hope to reconnect leisure and business travellers to Dubai and onwards to our network of over 140 destinations.
“We thank the Nigerian government for their partnership and support in re-establishing this route, and we look forward to welcoming passengers back onboard.”
