The Federal Government on Thursday shifted the resumption date from August 29, 2020, to September 5, 2020.

This was announced during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, Musa Nuhu, the Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority stated that international flights would not resume as earlier announced in a briefing where the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, announced on August 17, 2020, that international flights would resume on August 29, following pressures from the public for the resumption of the flights.