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Updated December 28, 2020
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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued warnings to foreign airline operators and passengers operating into Nigeria from the UK and South Africa.
The NCAA Director-General, Musa Nuhu, issued warnings in a letter containing new protocols on Sunday in Abuja.
According to the letter, failure of the airlines from UK and South Africa to adhere strictly to the new travel rules will attract a penalty of $3,500 for each passenger boarded.
“The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 over the weekend issued new travel rules for passengers on direct flights from the UK and South Africa due to the variance of coronavirus discovered recently in these two countries.
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By the new protocol, all inbound passengers are mandated to seek and get travel permit from Nigeria before boarding flights coming into the country. x
To enforce the protocol more than ever before, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) will fine airlines $3,500 for each passenger and may be required to return non-Nigerian defaulting passengers to the point of embarkation for non-compliance.
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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said it would apply a fine of $3,500 on airlines for every passenger violating the new protocols on inbound flights from the United Kingdom and South Africa beginning from Monday 28th December.
The decision followed a recent surge in COVID-19 cases in the country and the discovery of a new variant of the coronavirus in the two countries.
In a letter issued to all airlines on Saturday and endorsed by Musa Nuhu, the NCAA director-general, the NCAA ordered passengers flying from the UK and South Africa submit a pre-departure permit to fly/QR code generated from Nigeria international travel portal and a negative COVID-19 PCR test result done within 96 hours of boarding.