OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL
NIGERIAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY
ALL OPERATORS LETTER (DG004/20)
Ref: NCANDG/AIR/11/16/107
Date: 23 March 2020
To: All Nigerian Operators and Foreign Operators Flying into Nigeria
From: Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority
ATTN: Accountable Manager/Country Manager
Subject: UPDATE ON CLARIFICATION OF FLIGHT RESTRICTION INTO NIGERIA DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Further to our earlier letter on restriction of international flights into Nigeria, we wish to confirm the following are considered Essential Flights:
- Aircraft in State of emergency
- Over flights
- Operations related to humanitarian aid, medical and relief flights
- Alternate aerodromes identified in the flight plan (including those being used for extended diversion time operations
- Technical stop where passengers do not disembark
- Cargo flights
- Other safety related operations.
With the exception of aircraft in a state of emergency, request for approval for other flights is required and shall be addressed to:
Senator Hadi Sirika
Honorable Minister of Aviation
Federal Ministry of Aviation
Federal Secretariat, Abuja, FCT.
+234-8098941717 (WhatsApp)
Request for approval should be sent to hadisirikaaqmail.com and copy the following:
ehmusa33gmail.com, copy musa.nuhu@ncaa_qov.ng and msnaibia@yahoo.co.uk
Corporate Headquarters: Nnamdi Azikiwe Intl Airport, Domestic Wing, Abuja. Tel: +234 (1) 7610041, +234 (1) 7610043, Fax: +234 807 729 1113
Lagos Office: AVIATION HOUSE, Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Domestic Wing, Ikeja Tel: +234 (1) 2790439; Tel/Fax: +234 (1) 2790421; Consumer Protection: +234 (1) 7607286 (24hrs); Airworthiness: Tel: +234 709 104 8830; Fax: +234 (1) 7610044; Licencing: +234 (1) 7739972; Operations: +234 (1) 7614073 Switch Board: +234 (1) 7610036, +234 (1) 7610037;
Email: info@ncaa.gov.ng;
Website: www.ncaa.gov.ng