An aircraft belonging to Flair Aviation, a United Kingdom aviation company, has been impounded by Nigerian Government, after the aircraft was caught operation commercial flights into Nigeria.
According to Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika he said, the aircraft has been seized and the crew is being interrogated.
Sirika said, the company was given clearance for humanitarian operations.
COVID-19. Flair Aviation, a UK company, was given approval for humanitarian operations but regrettably we caught them conducting commercial flights. This is callous! The craft is impounded, crew being interrogated. There shall be maximum penalty. Wrong time to try our resolve!🇳🇬
— Hadi Sirika (@hadisirika) May 17, 2020