Nigeria, Spain Dialogue to Resume Direct Flights, Revive BASA – Keyamo

In an effort to revitalize Nigeria’s Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) and restore direct flights between Spain and Nigeria, the Federal Government has declared that talks with the Spanish Government are underway.

 Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, said on his official X account on Sunday that he met with Mr. Oscar Puente, the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility for Spain, last week in Madrid. Keyamo reported that Umar Ahmed Farouk, Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Senator Abdulfatai Buhari, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, and Hon. Abdullahi Idris Garba, Chairman of the House Committee on Aviation, were with him at the meeting.

“Earlier in the week, I met with my counterpart in Spain, the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Spain, Mr. Oscar Puente, in Madrid. High on the agenda of our discussions was the revival of our BASA with Spain and the resumption of direct flights between Nigeria and Spain,” Keyamo’s post read in part.

This announcement comes barely a month after the Aviation Minister announced that Nigerian airlines will soon launch direct flights to America and South America, marking the first-ever direct flights between Nigeria and South America.