Air Peace resumes Dubai flights December 1 as FG, UAE agree on flight restoration

Air Peace has announced resumption of flights to Dubai via Sharjah on December 1, 2021 following the lifting of the ban on flights to and from the United Arab Emirates by the Nigerian government.

The airline in a statement announced,”Air Peace is delighted to inform the flying public that it will be resuming its Dubai service via Sharjah on December 1, 2021.

“This is consequent upon Federal Government’s lifting of the ban on flights from and to the UAE.

“Customers are urged to comply with all established COVID-19 protocols governing international air travel and cooperate with airport staff in this regard.

It will be recalled that the federal government lifted the ban on the operations of Emirates Airlines in and out of the country allowing flights from the United Arab Emirates to Nigeria to commence immediately.

The minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika, who announced Friday night in Abuja also stated that the ban was lifted after Emirates had removed its stringent conditions slammed on Nigerian travellers.

The United Arab Emirates, in its latest Coronavirus protocol released removed the Rapid Antigen Test (RDT) for COVID-19 as prerequisite for travelling to the Middle East country for Nigerians and some other countries.

The Nigerian government also responded swiftly by lifting the ban it previously placed on UAE’s Emirates Airline’s flights into Nigeria.

A statement dated November 26, 2021, issued by the Aviation Business Management Team-Dubai Airports, indicated that RDT would no longer be required for all flights effective from Saturday November 27, 2021 at 00.0 hours, for passengers travelling to Dubai from the following countries: the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Republic of Uganda, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Republic of Zambia.

According to the statement inbound passengers, who are eligible to travel to Dubai…should comply with the following conditions: “The passenger(s) shall present a valid negative COVID-19 test certificate that is issued within the valid time frame, namely, (72) hours from the time of collecting the sample and from the approved health service that uses QR code system.

“Passenger(s) shall undergo a PCR (Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction) upon arrival at Dubai Airports.

“No approval is required from the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) or from General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) for the passengers from the aforesaid countries, to enter Dubai. No rapid PCR test report is required.“The airlines shall ensure and/or verify the compliance of the above requirement(s) prior to passenger(s) boarding the aircraft and shall not accept any passenger(s) who does not fulfil the aforesaid condition(s) and/or requirements,” it stated.