Airlines losing N17bn monthly to COVID-19 –Govt

•Operators condemn FG for contracting foreign airlines for evacuationAirlines in Nigeria are losing about N17bn monthly as a result of the impact of the coronavirus outbreak across the country, the Fe

deral Government said on Wednesday.

This came as the Airline Operators of Nigeria condemned the decision of the Federal Government to patronise foreign airlines for the evacuation of Nigerians abroad. “We will not be able to just open up after closing for several weeks and perhaps for some months. Those aircraft have been parked and if we are going to bring them into service, we will ensure that they are airworthy and that they can make those flights and land safely.”

On the use of foreign airlines to evacuate Nigerians, the AON said government’s action was disappointing after it had made earlier statements that it would engage three domestic airlines to carry out the evacuation exercise. In a statement signed by the Executive Chairman, AON, Capt. Nogie Meggison, the body said Nigerian airlines had the capacity to bring their countrymen and women back to their fatherland.

The body said the contract to foreign airlines was done despite the low price of oil coupled with the fact that Nigerian airlines were currently struggling to keep their workforce due to huge loss in revenues occasioned by the COVID-19 lockdown.

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