The Middle Eastern Airline, Emirates has established it will suspend its flight operations from Abuja to Dubai starting from October 30, 2016. The airline will only fly out of Lagos five times a week instead of its usual 21.

The airline industry operates on very thin margins making repatriation of their earnings a serious impoundment to flight operations. Therefore, Emirates blames the decision on challenges with “foreign exchange, low patronage, and other operational issues, which have reduced the profitability of flying on the route.”

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