The Federal Authorities has introduced discussions with the Spanish Authorities to renew direct flights between Nigeria and Spain and revive Nigeria’s Bilateral Air Companies Treaty (BASA).
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Growth, Festus Keyamo, shared this on his official X account on Sunday, stating that he met with Spain’s Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Mr. Oscar Puente, in Madrid final week.
Keyamo famous that Senator Abdulfatai Buhari, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation; Hon. Abdullahi Idris Garba, Chairman of the Home Committee on Aviation; and Umar Ahmed Farouk, Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Administration Company, accompanied him on the assembly.
“Earlier within the week, I met with my counterpart in Spain, the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Spain, Mr. Oscar Puente, in Madrid. Excessive on the agenda of our discussions was the revival of our BASA with Spain and the resumption of direct flights between Nigeria and Spain,” Keyamo’s submit learn partially.
This announcement comes barely a month after the Aviation Minister introduced that Nigerian airways will quickly launch direct flights to America and South America, marking the first-ever direct flights between Nigeria and South America.
What you need to know
Over the previous few months, the Federal Authorities, by the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Growth, has been actively working to revive inactive flight routes to Nigeria and reestablish direct routes.
Final month, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Growth, Festus Keyamo, introduced that native airways will quickly launch direct flights to America and South America, marking the first-ever direct flights between Nigeria and South America. He highlighted that these native airways will likely be acknowledged as Nigeria’s flag carriers, not simply non-public companies.
Previous to Keyamo’s announcement, President Bola Tinubu and his Brazilian counterpart, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, mentioned the potential of building direct flights between Nigeria and Brazil.
Each Presidents had this dialogue throughout a gathering on February 18, 2024, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, President Lula da Silva careworn the necessity for formal discussions to handle the absence of direct flights between Lagos and Sao Paulo.
“It’s meaningless that there aren’t any direct flights from Lagos to Sao Paulo and vice versa. I can’t perceive that. We have now to take a seat at a desk and discover a resolution for that. In aviation, there are lots of areas of potential collaboration with our producers who search to have a better presence in Africa,” President Lula da Silva had acknowledged.
Additionally, in Could 2024, Keyamo disclosed that cargo flight operations between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia are set to renew after years of inactivity, with each international locations appointing focal individuals to work out the small print.
