Nigeria’s Minister Of Aviation And Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has said Nigeria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have agreed to resume cargo flight operations.
Keyamo made the disclosure at the ministerial press briefing in Abuja to present the scorecard of President Bola Tinubu’administration’s one year in office.
This came on the heels of the expected resumption of commercial flights by Emirates Airline.
He stated that he just returned from Saudi Arabia where he met the country’s Minister of Aviation and added that cargo flights between the two countries would resume soon.
Keyamo said: “I have good news for you from Saudi Arabia. I met my counterpart in Saudi Arabia and we have agreed to resume cargo flights.
“We have agreed that we are going to resume cargo flights between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia. This has been suspended for long, but now cargo flights are back.”
Though Keyamo did not mention the specific date for the resumption of cargo flight services between the two countries, this development marks another great move in Nigeria’s relations with Middle East countries.
Recall that Keyamo said on May 23 that the diplomatic tussle between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which led to a visa ban on Nigerians has been resolved.
