COVID-19: FAAN Advises Passengers To Arrive Airports 3 Hours Before Flights

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has advised passengers to arrive at airports at least three hours before their flights ahead of the resumption of commercial flights in the country.

In a tweet via its Twitter handle on Monday, it said this is to ensure safety checks for the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19.

“#COVID__19 Flight Resumption Protocol for Passengers: You are advised to arrive at the Airport 3 hours before your flight due to the new COVID-19 safety checks,” FAAN tweeted.

#COVID__19 Flight Resumption Protocol for Passengers: You are advised to arrive at the Airport 3 hours before your flight due to the new COVID-19 safety checks.#MondayMotivation #mondaythoughts pic.twitter.com/AxUF1chz22

— FAAN (@FAAN_Official) June 15, 2020

On June 11, 2020, the authority held a skype meeting with Munich Airport International to share experiences and compare notes on the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on the airports.

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The meeting which was at the instance of the Managing Director of FAAN, Captain Rabiu Hamisu Yadudu, had in attendance the Munich Airport Expert Team, Herbert Keffel, Georgios Elkolids and Julian Duerdoth and was coordinated by Mr Fortune Idu, Managing Director of FCI International Ltd with Mrs Nike Aboderin, the Director of Finance as the team lead on the Nigerian side of 30 FAAN participants.

The aim was to assess the readiness of FAAN to gradually begin operations, following the Federal Government’s directive for reopening of the four regional airports.

The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, had on June 1, 2020, told players in the aviation sector to develop protocols for the resumption of domestic flights from the June 21, 2020.

“The aviation industry is requested to start developing protocols to allow for domestic flights to resume anytime from the 21st of June onwards,” he said.

Nigeria’ s airports and airspace were shut in March by President Muhammadu Buhari, as part of efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.