Perhaps in what appears to be a subtle Independence gift to Nigeria, the Emirates Airlines has confirmed its return to operations in Nigeria starting October 1, 2024.
The airline disclosed this via its official X handle Thursday:
We’re back Nigeria! We’ll be resuming services to Lagos from 1 October 2024, and we can’t wait to offer unrivalled connectivity to Dubai and beyond to over 140 cities. https://t.co/EXGK0g1CnA pic.twitter.com/0AWJpWbBah
— Emirates (@emirates) May 16, 2024
In a more elaborate statement on its website on Thursday [today], the airline stated:
Emirates will resume services to Nigeria from 1 October 2024, operating a daily service between Lagos and Dubai, and offering customers more choice and connectivity from Nigeria’s largest city to, and through, Dubai.
The service will be operated using a Boeing 777- 300ER.
EK783 will depart Dubai at 0945hrs, arriving in Lagos at 1520hrs; the return flight EK784 will leave Lagos at 1730hrs and arrives in Dubai at 0510hrs the next day. Tickets can be booked now on emirates.com or via travel agents.
Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ Deputy President and Chief Commercial Officer said, “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 travelers 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.
