OFFICIAL: Emirates Airlines to resume flights to Nigeria October 1

The return flight, EK784, will depart Lagos at 1730hrs and arrive in Dubai at 0510hrs the following day.

He noted that tickets are currently available for booking on emirates.com or through travel agents.

Emirates Airline halted its flight operations to Nigeria in October 2022 because it couldn’t repatriate funds held in the country.

The airline attributed the suspension to the $85 million revenue trapped in Nigeria.

What Emirates is Saying

According to Kazim, Emirates is resuming operations in Nigeria, marking a significant expansion of its network. He said the airline now operates to 19 destinations across Africa, providing a total of 157 weekly flights departing from Dubai.

He highlighted that Emirates’ network extends even further, reaching an additional 130 regional locations across Africa.

This expansion is facilitated through codeshare and interline partnerships with several airlines, including South African Airways, Airlink, Royal Air Maroc, and Tunis Air.

Kazim said the strategic importance of these partnerships enhances connectivity and offers more travel options to Emirates’ customers throughout the continent.

“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,” he said.